Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer—what happened to the great promise?

by Jonathan Fisher,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsIn 1893, theAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciencesreported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cance

Updated on: November 10,2024

Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer—what happened to the great promise?

by Jonathan Fisher,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsIn 1893, theAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciencesreported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cance

Updated on:November 10,2024

A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ

by Netherlands Cancer InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.04.002An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institu

Updated on: February 03,2024

A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ

by Netherlands Cancer InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.04.002An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institu

Updated on:February 03,2024

Effect of religiosity/spirituality on ovarian cancer diagnosis in African American women

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersAn examination of data from a multi-center case-control study of ovarian cancer in African American women found that women who re

Updated on: April 01,2024

Effect of religiosity/spirituality on ovarian cancer diagnosis in African American women

by Mary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersAn examination of data from a multi-center case-control study of ovarian cancer in African American women found that women who re

Updated on:April 01,2024

Minorities face longer wait times for vital lung cancer treatment, study finds

byUniversity of VirginiaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potent

Updated on: January 23,2024

Minorities face longer wait times for vital lung cancer treatment, study finds

byUniversity of VirginiaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potent

Updated on:January 23,2024

Novel checklist for 'quality of life' to take cancer clinical trials to the next level

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyCredit:Annals of Oncology(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.12.004The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has developed a quality of l

Updated on: January 11,2024

Novel checklist for 'quality of life' to take cancer clinical trials to the next level

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyCredit:Annals of Oncology(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.12.004The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has developed a quality of l

Updated on:January 11,2024

Review covers progress in immunotherapy for esophageal cancer

by Cactus CommunicationsMultiple ongoing clinical trials are being conducted to test the potential of ICIs as an adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer. The results of these trials could ce

Updated on: January 22,2024

Review covers progress in immunotherapy for esophageal cancer

by Cactus CommunicationsMultiple ongoing clinical trials are being conducted to test the potential of ICIs as an adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer. The results of these trials could ce

Updated on:January 22,2024

Shortage of vital children's cancer drug stirs fear and outrage

by Marie McCulloughCredit: CC0 Public DomainA critical shortage of a chemotherapy used to treat most childhood cancers has galvanized oncologists and parents of sick children.The U.S.medical com

Updated on: April 07,2024

Shortage of vital children's cancer drug stirs fear and outrage

by Marie McCulloughCredit: CC0 Public DomainA critical shortage of a chemotherapy used to treat most childhood cancers has galvanized oncologists and parents of sick children.The U.S.medical com

Updated on:April 07,2024

Resistance of mammary fibrosis to immune checkpoint therapy linked to macrophage infiltration, Wnt pathway expression

by Impact Journals LLCWnt pathway expression in tumors from NeuT/ATTAC mice. Credit: 2022 Yuan et al.A new research paper titled "Resistance of MMTV-NeuT/ATTAC mice to anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint

Updated on: January 03,2024

Resistance of mammary fibrosis to immune checkpoint therapy linked to macrophage infiltration, Wnt pathway expression

by Impact Journals LLCWnt pathway expression in tumors from NeuT/ATTAC mice. Credit: 2022 Yuan et al.A new research paper titled "Resistance of MMTV-NeuT/ATTAC mice to anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint

Updated on:January 03,2024

A new strategy 'raises the volume' of gut-body communication

by Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.d.,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainThroughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells

Updated on: May 23,2024

A new strategy 'raises the volume' of gut-body communication

by Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.d.,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainThroughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells

Updated on:May 23,2024

Previously unidentified proteins suggest new way to diagnose ovarian cancer

by Nagoya UniversityExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are vesicles with lipid-bilayer structures (shown in center), and three proteins expressed on small EVs called exosomes (shown in red, green, blue

Updated on: February 23,2024

Previously unidentified proteins suggest new way to diagnose ovarian cancer

by Nagoya UniversityExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are vesicles with lipid-bilayer structures (shown in center), and three proteins expressed on small EVs called exosomes (shown in red, green, blue

Updated on:February 23,2024

Boosting the effects of a particular microRNA may benefit patients with cervical cancer

by WileyHigh grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ) in the uterine cervix. The abnormal epithelium is extending into a mucus gland to the left of centre. This disease can progress to invasive cancer

Updated on: February 18,2024

Boosting the effects of a particular microRNA may benefit patients with cervical cancer

by WileyHigh grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ) in the uterine cervix. The abnormal epithelium is extending into a mucus gland to the left of centre. This disease can progress to invasive cancer

Updated on:February 18,2024

Mortality among low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer survivors in the US

by Kathryn Ryan,Mary Ann Liebert, IncFlowchart of the study population. Credit:Thyroid(2023). DOI: 10.1089/thy.2023.0449A new study has shown that overall and cause-specific mortalit

Updated on: March 30,2024

Mortality among low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer survivors in the US

by Kathryn Ryan,Mary Ann Liebert, IncFlowchart of the study population. Credit:Thyroid(2023). DOI: 10.1089/thy.2023.0449A new study has shown that overall and cause-specific mortalit

Updated on:March 30,2024