Immunotherapy, once considered a niche treatment, has rapidly become a central pillar in the fight against cancer. As detailed in a recent article from Becker’s Hospital Review, this innovative approach…
ScanCell, a biotech firm focused on immunotherapies, announced promising results from Phase 2 clinical trials for its skin cancer vaccines, but only one of its two candidates will advance to…
June 2025 marked a month of significant progress in cancer care, as the FDA approved several new therapies and treatment combinations across a range of cancer types. As reported by…
A new study has found that corticosteroids, commonly used to manage symptoms in lung cancer patients, may reduce the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatments. The research, highlighted by News-Medical.net, sheds light…
Currently, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a key approach in treating ovarian cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy aims to reduce tumor size, allowing for surgical removal following three cycles of chemotherapy. Additional chemotherapy…
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It’s no secret that our gut health plays a formative role in our overall health. Over the past decade, more and more studies have examined how the gut microbiome impacts…
Historically, mesothelioma has been difficult to treat. Although treatment options exist, the cancer tends to respond poorly which results in a higher mortality rate. Improving patient care and outcomes (such…
Despite medical advances and new therapeutic developments, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains difficult to treat; in part, this is due to the fact that HCC, like many liver cancers, is often…
According to a story from Medpage Today, a recent study found that a dual immunotherapy approach could be an effective treatment for cervical cancer that had been previously treated, has…
When a patient or caregiver speaks of immunotherapy it is often with a more confident tone than when they are speaking about chemotherapy. However, the odds of a patient going…
Have you ever heard of acral lentiginous melanoma? This rare form of skin cancer typically develops on nail beds, on the palms of the hands, or soles of the feet.…
Have you ever heard of PD-L1? The National Cancer Institute explains that PD-L1 is a protein which acts as somewhat of a “brake” for immune response. Sometimes, cancer cells will…
Pancreatic cancer is typically a difficult cancer to treat, leading to poor outcomes and high mortality rates. One of the reasons for this is the difficulty of diagnosis; it often…
Patients with advanced kidney cancer have a new option in a combination therapy that will afford them a longer and better life. Kidney cancer can be hard to cure, but…
Dr. Yi Xiao, oncology instructor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and his associates discovered a unique role for antihistamines while searching for factors that may influence responses to immunotherapy. As…
How do cytotoxic T lymphocytes (TILs) play a role in ovarian cancer outcomes? What underlying biological activities or cellular interactions help stimulate TILs to destroy or damage cancerous cells? According…
Atara Therapeutics has released data from its Phase 1 open-label extension (OLE) trial of ATA188, a treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). This allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy targets B cells and…
In a story for the Urology Times, a panel of experts on the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer that is not responsive to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) (which is commonly…
In a press release from late May 2021, biotechnology company CancerVAX, Inc. ("CancerVAX"), which works to develop targeted immunotherapy treatments, shared that it had entered into a sponsored research agreement…
According to Yahoo Finance, immuno-oncology company Surface Oncology ("Surface") recently received Orphan Drug designation for its leading therapeutic candidate SRF617. Altogether, this therapy is designed to treat patients with pancreatic…
"Repurposing" drugs means that researchers may discover that certain compounds or therapies for one condition could be translated into the treatment plan for other conditions. Recently, research published in the American…
Recently, biopharmaceutical company Nkarta announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 1 clinical trial. Within the trial, researchers will evaluate and analyze the company's investigational therapy,…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, in 2004 Professor Sophie Lucas of the Louvain de Duve Institute began studying immunosuppressive cells that are known to block immune responses in…
"I thought it was a hernia." When George Benson experienced lower abdominal pain in 2009, at age 51, he wasn't concerned. He was a truck driver, artist, and family…
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