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Genome sequencing of tumors from children and adolescents with recurrent or refractory cancer has enabled more than 100 patients to receive targeted therapies.According to data from a recent study, genomic sequencing of tumors in pediatric…

Australians with non-melanoma skin cancer are testing a new treatment designed to replace invasive surgery and radiation therapy.Rhenium-SCT is a one-session procedure where doctors apply a paste directly to the lesion to remove cancer…

Running a marathon is no small task - Glenn Bachmann should know that after training and running seven times between 2006 and 2013. He didn't just run for himself - he was part of the training from the Leukemia & Lymphoma…

Telehealth brings lung cancer care to your home and makes it easier for you to stay in touch with your doctor. Telehealth can benefit you by providing convenient, quality care, access to doctors outside your area,…

Recruiting African-American patients into more clinical trials for cancer treatment is needed to learn more about differences in outcomes between different ethnic groups and provide more opportunities for underrepresented minorities…

Rice University bioengineers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days with a treatment that could be ready for human clinical trials later this year. The researchers used…

A recent case report described the successful treatment of 2 young infants with a PIK3CA-related proliferative spectrum using the breast cancer drug alpelisib.PIK3CA-the overgrowth-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) is a group of rare and…

A trial evaluating DSP107, a first-in-class fusion protein targeting CD47x41BB, in blood cancers is underway at MD Anderson and funded by an investment from the Cancer Focus FundPhase 1b the clinical trial is an open-label, dose-escalation…

A study from Children's Hospital Los Angeles validates a new risk assessment for hepatoblastoma and finds that certain histological features also predict prognosis.LOS ANGELES, February 14, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study at Children's…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to develop Foundation Medicine's tissue and blood tests as companion diagnostics for RETEVMO® and other…

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LONDON, February 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollon Formularies plc (AQSE: APOL, "Apollon" or the "Company"), an international medical cannabis pharmaceutical company based in the UK and traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market, is…

LUND, Sweden, February 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncorena today announced the initiation of the Phase I-II clinical trial of the first-in-class compound orellanine in patients with advanced kidney cancer on dialysis. The company is dedicated…

A new awards program honors the late Dr. Massion, an internationally recognized expert in the field of early detection and prevention strategies for lung cancer; applications are now available onlineWASHINGTON, January 27, 2022…

Seeing a child graduate from college is special, but for Mikiko Dollard, 48, her daughter's graduation from La Citadelle in May will be even more meaningful. Neither was sure if Mikiko would be able to attend graduation after…

Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer in men worldwide, and radiation therapy is one of the most common forms of treatment. In a meta-analysis, the first of its kind, published today in The Lancet Oncologyresearchers…

Cancer remains a major killer in the United States. In 2019, there were almost 600,000 deaths from the disease in the country. In 2019, cancer was the second leading cause of death, after heart disease, in the United States. But…

DALLAS - January 12, 2022 - Metastatic differences in metabolism could explain why some metastatic breast cancer cells rapidly generate tumors after migrating from primary tumors to the brain, while others linger for!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

SHANGHAI, SAN FRANCISCO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), an innovative, patient-centric, commercial-stage global biopharmaceutical company announced today This is the…

Renal cell carcinoma with translocation (tRCC) is a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer. It accounts for about 5 percent of all renal cell carcinomas in adults and about 50 percent in children. Relatively little is…

ARROS-1 trial including patients with advanced ROS1 positive NSCLC and other solid tumorsClinical development of the parallel main program, NVL-655, in ALK-positive cancers is expected to begin in the first half of 2022CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,…

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced a partnership with Hibiscus BioVentures to advance cancer treatments. // Courtesy of the Karmanos Cancer InstituteThe Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit and Hibiscus…

HOUSTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - January 4, 2022--Guy Burrows, MD, a leading Houston-based, board-certified…

SHANGHAI, January 3, 2022 / PRNewswire / - Asieris Pharmaceuticals (Asieris), an innovative global pharmaceutical company specializing in new drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors, today announced that the world's first dose…

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is an umbrella term used to describe cancers that affect the digestive system. It includes colorectal cancer (CRC), gastric cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, and…

STOCKHOLM, January 3, 2022 / PRNewswire / - Cantargia AB today announced that the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Precision PromiseSM The Phase 2/3 clinical trial, conducted at leading clinical centers in the United States, plans…

Enter Wall Street with Street Insider Premium. Claim your 1-week free trial here. RICHMOND HILL, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 31, 2021 / Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP) ​​(“Helix” or the “Company”),…

Mission Viejo, California, United States, December 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Leonhardt Ventures LLC today announced the filing of a patent application covering the controlled bioelectric down-regulation of FABp4 and…

Most end-stage cancer patients did not receive outpatient palliative care, despite their association with reduced hospitalizations and increased…

Foreground: SWI / SNF allows oncogenic transcription. Background: SWI / SNF is the inactivated deactivation of oncogenic transcription. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Chromatin degradation prevents transcription factors from causing cancer,…

We hope that when we reach the end of our career, we can look back and say that we have achieved the goals we set for ourselves. Dr James Radford, an oncologist at the Pardee Cancer Center, had two goals in his profession: never to be…

Mehmet Sitki Copur, MD, gives his take on liquid biopsies and how they can be used in gastrointestinal cancer. With innovations in liquid biopsy platforms over the past decade, the oncology world is witnessing the transformation of…

Scientific director concludes observations applicable to all solid tumorsMELBOURNE, Australia, December 21, 2021- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Propanc Biopharma, Inc. (OTCQB: PPCB) (“Propanc” or the…

PHOENIX, Arizona - December 20, 2021 - An international team of scientists, including those from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a subsidiary of City of hope, has designed a…

VSCompetitive, bespoke CAR-T cell therapies from Gilead Sciences and Bristol Myers Squibb have each demonstrated additional benefits for patients with B cell lymphoma at an earlier stage of treatment than they are currently used for. .…

Cancer drug specialist Clinigen has agreed to a £ 1.2bn buyout deal from a London-based investment firm, becoming the last major UK firm to go private.Triton Investment Management has offered to pay 883 pence for the company,…

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by bioengineer Ankur Singh has developed research tools that shed new light on a virtually incurable form of prostate cancer, paving a way that may lead to new therapies and a…

IBD is a disease that affects the gastrointestinal system. Symptoms often include abdominal cramps, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. Symptoms can fluctuate and can last for days, weeks, or months at a time. In 2015, an estimate 3…

New research published in the journal Nature Communication identified a potential treatment for chronic pain in an older, investigational cancer drug. Research has focused on the drug by screening over a thousand different molecules for…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (November 2, 2021) - A recent study shows that patients with non-small cell lung cancer examined by the Molecular Tumor Board at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have better outcomes, even if they reside in…

As we celebrate Liver Cancer Awareness Month, what do you want our patients and their families to pause and remember? Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for over 700,000 deaths each year. In the…

SWASAG, the South West Asbestos Awareness Group, donated £ 10,000 to the national asbestos cancer charity, Mesothelioma UK. The donation is the result of two years of fundraising during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mesothelioma…

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A targeted drug has shown promising activity against brain metastases resulting from kidney cancer, achieving a response rate of 50 percent, and supporting further studies of the drug in this group of patients whose poor…

In a phase 1 study of entinostat (MS-275) combined with nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy), treatment resulted in an expected number of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) as well as 'an objective response rate of 30% in patients…

"This is a very exciting time for breast cancer research," says Generosa Grana, MD, director of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Cooper, Camden, and member of the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research , which promotes research into…

A revolutionary treatment in the treatment of cancer will see immune cells injected into patients. There are already five approved therapies that remove T cells from cancer patients,…

Through cancer care and research, UCI has found ways to improve current treatments and new drug-free innovations to serve Orange County's diverse population. The UCI Cancer Center, established in 1989, quickly achieved esteemed status in…

PhD graduate Dr Tsz-Yin Chan, who has studied TNK1 alongside BYU professor Dr Josh Andersen for the past six years,…

Everyone knows what those ubiquitous pink ribbons mean and what happens when armies of women in pink t-shirts and their loved ones march through towns and suburbs to raise money for research. And it's obviously a good thing that…

“Being diagnosed with cancer at any age is a big blow, but it's especially difficult for someone just starting out in life who is forced to put their dreams to sleep,” said Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD, chief…

SAM Williams has been appointed as Clinical Nurse Specialist in Mesothelioma UK (CNS) to provide specialist care and support to patients with mesothelioma (asbestos-related cancer) in the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire,…

Samsung Medical Center (SMC) announced Monday that it has confirmed the effectiveness of a combination of cytotoxic chemotherapy and Keytruda (ingredient: pembrolizumab) for esophageal cancer in global Phase 3 clinical trials.…

The Claim: Drinking Grape Juice Daily Prevents Stomach FluWith the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the onset of flu season, some people have turned to unproven home remedies to stay healthy.A Facebook user claims that drinking grape juice…

The research project led by the University of Helsinki, in partnership with the University of California at San Francisco, received a groundbreaking grant from the Breast Cancer Research Program of the US Department of…

Confocal microscopic images of triple cultures of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells, macrophages and pancreatic stellate cells are embedded and grow in a manipulated matrix.Credit: Professor Alvaromata, University of…

Martin Driscoll, CEO of OncoNano Southlake-based OncoNano Medicine, a clinical-stage company that uses molecular cooperativity in the design of drugs to diagnose and treat cancer, today announced it is expanding its…

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a drug regimen for children with a type of deadly brain cancer, where survival rates have not improved for 50 years.Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare, rapidly…

Newswise - New Brunswick, NJ, September 21, 2021 - Bruce Haffty, MD, MS, president of radiation oncology and associate vice chancellor for cancer programs at the Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Jersey and director of radiation oncology…

Stand Up To Cancer, Hip Hop Public Health, Chuck D and Pete Colon collaborate on a new colorectal cancer screening campaign. Tweet this The campaign includes English and Spanish versions of: 30 and: 60 PSAs for educational animated…

Patients with advanced kidney cancer can take planned 'treatment days' with cancer drugs without significantly affecting their life expectancy Planned breaks can also help reduce the impact of medication side effects while saving…

Over the past decade, scientists have explored vaccination as a way to fight cancer. These experimental cancer vaccines are designed to stimulate the body's own immune system to destroy a tumor, by injecting fragments of…

According to an expert from City of Hope, recent developments in immunotherapy treatment have given patients with advanced small cell lung cancer something to trust.“In practice for 30 years, we haven't really seen this…

SEATTLE - September 1, 2021 - Below are summaries of Fred Hutch's recent discoveries and other news. Health disparities Cancer clinical trials exclude too many patients: that's changingEnrollment in new cancer treatment clinical…

Thousands of cancer patients in Orange and Los Angeles counties will now have access to City of Hope's renowned treatment and research, organization executives said, announcing that the center, which is investing $ 1 billion dollars in a…

A protein found in tumor cells could be targeted to treat certain types of aggressive cancer, including the brain, blood, skin and kidneys, new research shows.Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University and…

The pandemic has largely disrupted medical care in the United States, but a new study reports that clinical trials testing cancer treatments may have continued. Researchers found that cancer trials in the United States responded quickly…

Despite advances in understanding the molecular causes and effects of glioblastoma, or GBM, it remains the most common, treatment-resistant and deadly type of brain cancer. GBM Awareness Day…

During the pandemic, tele-oncology services were fully integrated into the standard of care for cancer patients around the world. As this form of care continues to serve patients, who are immunosuppressed and facing lockdown…

More does not necessarily mean better, including in cancer treatment. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine…

The FDA has released its final recommendation on how to optimally design cancer drug trials that include patients with central nervous system (CNS) metastases.1The directive, entitled “Evaluating Cancer Drugs in Patients with Central…

Share on PinterestExperts say they are not yet sure how effective COVID-19 vaccines are for people with cancer. Evgeniy Shkolenko / Getty ImagesExperts do not know how effective COVID-19 vaccines are for people being treated for cancer…

SEATTLE - July 7, 2021 - Below are summaries of Fred Hutch's recent discoveries and other news. Health disparities Black with cancer: "It shouldn't be any different"Cancer can be a completely different experience for black people, and…

Alteogen said on Tuesday it has filed a national patent for an improved antibody used in ALT-Q5, an ovarian cancer treatment, based on the NexMab antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology used to develop bio beet ADCs. Alteogen said…

In 2020, 58.3% of cancer deaths worldwide were in Asia and by 2025, cases in India are expected to increase by 12% to 1.56 million. In response, the Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution at World Economic Forum India…