According to a story from news-medical.net, scientists may have made a significant breakthrough discovery that could make cancer treatment more effective. The discovery involves a new method that breaks through…
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Since the 1940s oncologists have been focusing on tumors at the location in the body where the tumors originated. According to a recent FDA press release, this is the third…
According to a publication from CURE Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Genentech, Inc's Rozlytrek (generic name entrectinib) for the treatment of cancer patients who have…
It was announced late last week that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had just completed three weeks of radiation treatment for tumors on her pancreas. Pancreatic cancer occurs in the pancreas, an organ…
According to a story from Cancer Research UK, a combination treatment featuring the targeted cancer therapy venetoclax (marketed as Venclyxto) and the monoclonal antibody rituximab will soon be covered by…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a recent study is giving scientists new insights into the nature of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare cancer that affects the skin. The study…
GRYT Health, a mobile-based social community that was organized by caregivers and cancer survivors, is organizing its 2019 Global Virtual Cancer Conference. This event will be completely hosted on GRYT's…
According to a story from Newswise, Quest Diagnostics, a laboratory that specializes in diagnostic information, has announced plans to participate in a unique, large scale trial called NCI-MATCH, which stands…
According to a publication from Medscape, the first ever drug targeted for bladder cancer has shown even more impressive results in post-approval study. Erdafitinib was approved on an accelerated basis…
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While the last few years have seen major advances in all areas of the pharmaceutical industry, some of the newest and brightest talents are now focusing on cell and…
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As set forth in a recent MD Anderson Cancer Center publication, targeted therapy makes it possible to personalize cancer treatment. It is also known as “precision medicine”. For about forty…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, in recent years immunotherapy, which are methods of treatment that enhance or harness the body's immune system to fight disease, have become increasingly prominent…
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The number of people in the U.S. who are permanently disabled or who die each year as a result of misdiagnosis is estimated to be over 100,000. EurekAlert recently reported…
15-year-old George Taylor reached out to NY Giants Running Back Saquon Barkley, telling the star NFL player how he's an inspiration to him for when he undergoes his chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma,…
Terri considers herself “very lucky”. In the 80s her paternal grandmother and her grandmother’s two sisters were diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In the 90s, her family entered into the BRCA1…
The San Francisco Chronicle had a pretty neat story about how one man's post-cancer neurological issues lead to a so-rare-it's-still-unnamed disease diagnosis. And tracking how we got to the movement…
Did anyone catch this AMAZING kid on 'America's Got Talent' a few weeks ago? Tyler Butler-Figueroa -- an 11-year-old from North Carolina -- absolutely slayed his violin performance during the…
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Gov.UK recently published a speech by Baroness Blackwood in which she announced that the National Health Service (NHS) is currently involved in one of the most significant transformations in social…
According to a press release from BeiGene, the Company and SpringWorks Therapeutics have launched MapKure, LLC — a new, jointly-operated venture owned by both partners. MapKure was founded to develop…
July 13th is GIST Awareness Day! Let's learn a little more about this rare form of cancer, and then see what we can do is raise more awareness! What are…
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Fifty years ago, the air base in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, was the world’s busiest airport. The base is now surrounded by four neighborhoods with about 111,000…
Answer: This iconic game show host - who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer earlier this year - has miraculously overcome the odds, announcing he is in "near remission."…
According to a story from curetoday.com, the findings from a recent study indicate the patients with metastatic bladder cancer demonstrated an improved rate of response to an immunotherapy drug combination…
According to a story from Healio, data from two studies testing autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) as a treatment for advanced, metastatic cervical cancer and melanoma suggests that this treatment…
According to a story from The ASCO Post, recent studies suggest that around 70,000 adolescents and young adults are diagnosed with some type of cancer in the US each year.…
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