Oncology & Cancer
What are 'cancer vaccines,' and what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Barely a month goes by without headlines announcing yet another advancement in cancer vaccines.
Mar 7, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Three doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine associated with better outcomes for patients with cancer
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections following vaccination against COVID-19 are of international concern and patients with cancer are highly vulnerable and susceptible to poor outcomes.
Feb 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer
Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer?
Feb 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Dangers of late cervical cancer diagnosis in women of color
In the past decade, nearly one-third of cervical cancer cases in the U.S. resulted in death according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Women of color, particularly Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black women, ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma—a biochemist explains how it works
Media outlets have reported the encouraging findings of clinical trials for a new experimental vaccine developed by the biotech company Moderna to treat an aggressive type of skin cancer called melanoma.
Jan 18, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer vaccine trials could start in the autumn as UK signs deal with BioNTech
The U.K. government recently announced that it is partnering with German firm BioNTech to test vaccines for cancer and other diseases. The project aims to build on the mRNA vaccine technology that BioNTech became famous for ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Q and A: Cervical cancer and HPV screening
Since age 20, I have had annual visits with a gynecologist. I am now in my late 30s, and my physician recommended that I get an HPV test in addition to a Pap test to check for cervical cancer. What is the importance of both? ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Overall cancer mortality continued to decline from 2019 to 2020
Overall cancer mortality is continuing to decline, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Jan 12, 2023
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Health
4 ways to reduce risks of cervical cancer
HPV plays a role in causing most cervical cancer. Cervical cancer occurs in the cells of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina.
Jan 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in Britain using the same mRNA technology, the company said on Friday.
Jan 6, 2023
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