Neoadjuvant therapy aims to reduce the size or extent of the cancer before using radical treatment intervention, thus making procedures easier and more likely to succeed, and reducing the consequences of a more extensive treatment technique that would be required if the tumor wasn't reduced in size or extent.
LOS ANGELES - Actress-writer Carrie Hamilton, the 38-year-old daughter of comedian Carol Burnett, died on Sunday due to complications from cancer. Burnett publicist Deborah Kelman said Hamilton died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson has died from heart failure late on Thanksgiving Day, aged 82. Henderson, who spent decades in the iconic role of Carol Brady, died surrounded by family and friends at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her manager Kayla Pressman said. She was admitted to hospital on Wednesday.