Promising results for a new bowel cancer treatment
A new tablet treatment called divarasib has shown it is very effective in treating a challenging type of bowel (colorectal) cancer associated with the KRAS G12C mutation.
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Medical news and research articles
A select group: Study may bring improved therapy to preselected lung cancer patients
Nonsmokers who develop lung cancer can be treated effectively with new drugs, but their tumors refuse to surrender without a fight. The drugs stop working in the long term because the tumors acquire secondary mutations that ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Evaluating cetuximab's effectiveness and toxicity in advanced cutaneous squamous cell skin cancer
A new research paper was published in Oncotarget, titled, "Effectiveness and toxicity of cetuximab with concurrent RT in locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell skin cancer: a case series."
Jul 14, 2023
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Neutralizing the side effects of epidermal growth factor inhibitor drugs
Research led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, has found a potential solution to side effects that interfere with cancer treatment. In the paper, "Preventing skin toxicities induced by EGFR inhibitors by topically ...
New drug combination holds unusually positive results for HPV-negative patients with advanced head and neck cancer
A new combination drug treatment has shown promising results in patients with pan-refractory, recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer, according to a study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Mar 28, 2023
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Phase II trial shows addition of durvalumab to radiation does not improve outcomes over cetuximab for HNSCC patients
The Phase II results of the NRG Oncology HN004 trial indicate that radiotherapy (RT) with the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab did not improve progression-free survival (PFS) and led to significantly higher rates of locoregional ...
Oct 24, 2022
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How tumors mutate their way out of a crisis—and become drug resistant in the process
Desperate times call for desperate measures, says an ancient proverb, but whoever coined it surely could not have imagined that it would hold so true on such small scales. About half a century ago, scientists found that when ...
Aug 31, 2022
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