Cancer, Medicine and Treatment in Medicine and Science

Authors

  • Rishan Singh Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

interventions, dietary, membranes, pathways, substances, pharmaceutical, tissue damage, patient, cell death

Abstract

Cancer treatment and interventions in medicine  have been known for decades. However, the  problems associated with treatment medicines  vary. This is the situation because chemotherapy  and radiotherapy have been associated with side  effects. Furthermore, plant and natural  compounds can cause cancer to proliferate  instead of inhibiting their growth. In addition,  calcium stores have been said to play a  significant role in cell membrane structure  maintenance. This means that the medicines used  in the treatment of cancers need to be  scientifically evaluated in order to obtain a  realistic spread of data across various cancers. In  certain plant species, like Callistemon and Bulbine species, phytochemicals have proven to be both  proliferative and inhibitory, indicating a  synergistic as well as antagonistic effect to cancer  tissue metastasis. Also, the proteins involved in  cell death are affected by this dual function of  cancer medicine. This paper would focus on  cancer interventions and the science behind the  philosophies already discussed in the literature. 

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Published

2020-06-20

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 1 (2019): Bio-Science Research Bulletin (Jan-Jun) 2019

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Cancer, Medicine and Treatment in Medicine and Science . (2020). Bio Science Research Bulletin, 35(1), 33–35. https://doi.org/10.48165/