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.
January 4, 2013 | 10:09 am. Coronerâs officials have conducted an autopsy on the body of Scott Sterling, the 32-year-old son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, but his cause of death is being deferred until toxicology tests are completed. Those tests would likely not be available for weeks, said coroner's spokesman Ed Winter. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials have said preliminary evidence suggests Sterling died of a drug overdose, but they declined to elaborate, waiting for the coronerâs official determination of cause of death.