Chemotherapy

Sixty employees at the municipality in the southern province of Antalya have shaved their heads in support of their manager, who is currently suffering from cancer and has been receiving chemotherapy treatment.
 

A band has been giving concerts for nearly seven months in a hospital for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in the Okmeydanı neighborhood of Istanbul. 
"Gönüllüler Korosu" (Choir of Volunteers) aims to help cheer up the patients while they receive their chemotherapy medications in the Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, daily Cumhuriyet reported Oct. 3.

Traditional cancer treatment methods like chemotherapy and radiotherapy are not ideal anymore, a Turkish medical oncology specialist has said ahead of World Cancer Day on Feb. 4, underscoring that new ways are being developed to prevent the growth of cancer cells by exploring the "cancer maps" in human genes.

Turkey?s stop science body aims to produce domestic cancer drugs by producing biosimilar molecules, according to an expert. 

The Marmara Research Center (MAM), working under the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK), has launched a project aiming to produce biosimilar cancer drugs.

SRS party leader Vojislav Seselj is preparing to start his third of the ten planned chemotherapy treatments, the head of his team of doctors has said.

"We are in the phase of receiving one serious medication from abroad that is used to renew liver cells, and that was used in the past by presidents of states," Milovan Bojic told TV Pink.

A girl suffering from stomach cancer, who was well-known on social media for the courage, strength and humor she displayed during her battle with the disease, died in a hospital on May 13.

The Turkish Health Ministry banned the sale of cancer drugs in pharmacies as of July 1. They will now only be provided in the hospitals, in order to "prevent malpractice."

BELGRADE - Vojislav Seselj's health has deteriorated considerably and going back to the ICTY would mean certain death for him, said Dr. Milovan Bojic, head of the medical board in charge of treating the leader of the Serbian Radical Party.

People were moved by the sad story of pensioner John Jukes, aged 70, who was mugged and robbed of money he was saving for a trip to Greece as a break from chemotherapy. The cancer battler/survivor received a flood of donations to help make his dream come true. People not only donated to help get John and his wife to Mykonos and Santorini but also left kind words.

A new stem cell transplantation centre opened on Monday in the St. Marina hospital in Varna, reports the bTV national channel.

It is the most up-to-date in Bulgaria and is expected to partially solve the shortage of such treatment of patients with oncological diseases.