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A battle of rafts: How molecular dynamics in CAR T cells explain their cancer-killing behavior

A study published in Science Advances shares new insights into how two of the most common types of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells kill cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

Why new precision oncology treatments benefit patients of some ancestries more than others

Nearly half of all new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the past quarter-century have received that approval based on their ability to target genetic changes driving tumor growth.

Medications

New drug for prostate cancer patients in clinical trials

Prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone therapy could be treated using a new drug that is currently in clinical trials for ovarian and bile duct cancer, according to research published in the journal Clinical ...

Medications

Talquetamab plus teclistamab shows promise in multiple myeloma

For patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, talquetamab plus teclistamab shows response in a high percentage of patients and a higher incidence of grade 3 or 4 infections than with either therapy alone, according ...

Oncology & Cancer

New tool puts reproductive risk for BRCA carriers into perspective

"I just wish someone had told me this was a possibility." Kara Maxwell distinctly remembers the moment she heard those words eight years ago from the mother of a child with Fanconi anemia (FA). Maxwell met her at a conference ...

Oncology & Cancer

Study identifies TBK1 as key to overcoming CAR T resistance

Russell W. Jenkins, MD, Ph.D., a physician investigator in the Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research at the Mass General Cancer Center and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is senior author ...

Oncology & Cancer

High levels of omega-3, omega-6 may protect against cancer

In addition to lowering your cholesterol, keeping your brain healthy and improving mental health, new research from the University of Georgia suggests omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help ward off a variety of cancers.

Oncology & Cancer

Study reveals links between many pesticides and prostate cancer

Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality. The findings are published ...

Oncology & Cancer

Oncologist suggests steps to reduce the risk for liver cancer

Liver cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. The most common type of liver cancer in adults is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and men are more likely to develop HCC than women. It typically develops ...

Oncology & Cancer

Warning for younger women: Be vigilant on breast cancer risk

Breast cancer rates rose by 1% a year from 2012–2021 for all American women combined, but steeper increases were seen for women under 50 and Asian American and Pacific Islander women, according to the American Cancer Society, ...

Oncology & Cancer

The four types of systemic therapy for breast cancer

Treatment for breast cancer can come in many forms. In addition to surgery to remove cancerous tissue and radiation therapy, breast cancer is also commonly treated with drugs that are taken orally or intravenously, as an ...

Oncology & Cancer

Novel immunotherapy combo shows promise in melanoma

Pre-surgery treatment with the novel drug vidutolimod and the PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab led to tumor control in 55% of patients with stage 3 cutaneous melanoma, according to the results of a single-arm phase 2 clinical ...