Oncology & Cancer
Reprogramming cancer cells into immune defenders
By reprogramming tumor cells to become the body's defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments.
Dec 22, 2022
0
5
Neck Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
HPV-related cancers are on the rise in men
As a group, human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Some forms of the virus are capable of causing cancer in both men and women.
Dec 5, 2022
0
11
Oncology & Cancer
Selective nodal radiation may be a more effective approach in cancer treatment
A promising new study released by the University of Colorado Cancer Center suggests that recurrence of certain cancers can be significantly decreased by irradiating only a select set of lymph nodes near a tumor rather than ...
Nov 16, 2022
0
78
Oncology & Cancer
Newfound cancer cell biology suggests which patients will respond to immunotherapy
Patients with head and neck cancer who have more genetic material on chromosome 9 in their cancer cells survive three times longer after receiving immunotherapy than those with less genetic material there, a new study finds. ...
Nov 14, 2022
0
591
Oncology & Cancer
Head and neck cancer researchers demonstrate the capability of a deep learning algorithm in the post-surgery setting
Artificial intelligence can augment current methods to predict the risk that head and neck cancer will spread outside the borders of neck lymph nodes, according to researchers with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN). ...
Oct 22, 2022
0
3
Oncology & Cancer
Genetically modified herpes virus delivers one-two punch against advanced cancers
A new genetically engineered virus has delivered a one-two punch against advanced cancers in initial findings from a phase I trial.
Sep 23, 2022
0
3410
Medical research
What clinical trials can teach us
For decades, researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have been searching for ways to fundamentally change the approach to treating laryngeal cancer and underlying assumptions to improve clinical care ...
Sep 15, 2022
0
10
Medications
Pembrolizumab administration shown to not increase oral cavity surgery complications
A University of Cincinnati study found administering an immunotherapy drug before surgery for oral cavity cancer did not lead to increased rates of complications during and after surgery.
Sep 7, 2022
0
10
Oncology & Cancer
What is oral cancer, the condition John Farnham is being treated for?
Seventy-three-year-old Australian music icon John Farnham is in a stable condition in intensive care after undergoing surgery to remove an oral cancer. Farnham's family paid tribute to the health-care professionals after ...
Aug 25, 2022
0
23
Oncology & Cancer
Hearing loss and tinnitus are common in cancer survivors
While children receiving chemotherapy routinely undergo hearing tests, adults don't, and a new study by UC San Francisco reports for the first time that significant hearing issues often occur among adult survivors of the ...
Jul 27, 2022
0
15
