Melanoma is the most common form of skin cancer, but for patients with advanced melanoma who no longer respond to standard immunotherapy, treatment options are painfully limited. Vanderbilt researchers led by Professor Emerita ...
Oct 27, 2025
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Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived significantly longer than those who did not get the vaccine, researchers have found.
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Patients with cancer who received mRNA-based COVID vaccines within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint therapy were twice as likely to be alive three years after beginning treatment, according to a new study led by researchers ...
Oct 19, 2025
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A multi-institutional clinical trial conducted at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and 21 other U.S. sites found that a single administration of autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy helped ...
Aug 28, 2025
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Researchers have discovered a protein which is critical for steering melanoma cancer cells as they spread throughout the body. The malignant cells become dependent on this protein to migrate, pointing to new strategies for ...
Aug 1, 2025
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Tests in 1,225 patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer reveal for the first time a genetic trait among most of those who did not respond to the latest cancer treatments, known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. Metastatic ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Reducing the length of immunotherapy treatment for an advanced skin cancer did not significantly diminish disease control when compared to giving treatments over a longer period, according to research led by the Universities ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Researchers have been working toward using the gut microbiome as a clinical target for screening for colorectal cancer. This would ideally allow simple stool tests to be used for early detection of the disease in place of ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Research from The University of Western Australia has advanced the development of cancer treatments that enable immune cells to fight tumors more effectively.
May 15, 2025
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A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that a common and usually harmless virus may positively influence how skin cancer patients respond to current treatments.
Apr 23, 2025
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