Oncology & Cancer
Stopping the resistance of cancer cells to treatment
One of the drawbacks of chemotherapy is that cancer patients can build up resistance to treatment over time, increasing their chances of possible relapse.
Sep 24, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Cetuximab+RT found to be inferior to standard treatment in HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer
An interim analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial of patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer found that treatment with radiation therapy and cetuximab is associated with worse overall ...
Aug 14, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Overcoming resistance to a standard chemotherapy drug
Despite being studied for decades, the chemotherapy drug cisplatin is revealing new aspects of how it works. Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have identified an enzyme responsible for making tumors ...
Jul 19, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New treatment helps avoid deafness in child chemotherapy patients
An international trial has found that a medicine commonly used to treat poisoning is effective in reducing deafness in children receiving chemotherapy for cancer.
Jun 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment
Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine today.
Jun 20, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy timing could influence how well the treatment works
Most living organisms – animals, plants, fungi, and even some types of bacteria – have an internal clock, a circadian clock that orchestrates the biochemical, physiological and behavioral functions in each cell according ...
May 10, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New research could lead to more effective chemotherapy
An international team of researchers led by Hassan Beyzavi of the University of Arkansas, is studying the use of platinum and gold to enable more effective forms of chemotherapy.
Mar 15, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Nivolumab immunotherapy safe, feasible during chemoradiation for adv. head and neck cancer
Analysis of a clinical trial, RTOG Foundation 3504, finds that nivolumab immunotherapy can be administered safely in conjunction with radiation therapy and chemotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed local-regionally advanced ...
Feb 13, 2018
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Medical research
Study uncovers clues about why common cancer drug causes hearing loss
Scientists have found a new way to explain the hearing loss caused by cisplatin, a powerful drug used to treat many forms of cancer. Using a highly sensitive technique to measure and map cisplatin in mouse and human inner ...
Dec 20, 2017
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Neuroscience
Preventing childhood deafness following chemotherapy treatment
Charity Action on Hearing Loss is supporting the biotechnology firm Otomagnetics, which today announces an important breakthrough towards preventing hearing loss caused by a widely used chemotherapy drug.
Sep 12, 2017
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