Oncology & Cancer
Some cancer immunotherapy treatments may damage fertility
Researchers have discovered that some immunotherapy treatments used to treat cancer can cause fertility damage.
Aug 26, 2022
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Nature Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
A possible new treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
New research has identified a novel immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. The study, published in Nature Cancer, describes a T-cell receptor that recognizes a mutation shared between a subgroup of patients with the disease. ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists find a new way to reverse immune suppression in tumors
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian has uncovered a new ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Third COVID-19 vaccination improves immune response in blood cancer patients
New research has found that the weakened immune systems of blood cancer patients can improve after they receive a third COVID-19 vaccination.
Mar 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch
An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect, laboratory research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists shows. The ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Medications
Locking leukemia's cellular escape hatch
Leukemia starts in cells that would normally develop into different types of blood cells. About 61,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed each year, and depending on the type of leukemia and the age of the patient, five-year ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
A blood test could predict who benefits from immunotherapy
A test which detects changing levels of tumor fragments in the blood may be an easy, non-invasive and quick way to predict who will benefit from immunotherapy, a treatment option for advanced cancers.
Aug 3, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Preventing 'identity theft' in prostate cancer cells re-sensitizes them to therapy
Stopping prostate cancer cells from morphing into other cell types can overcome the resistance they develop to widely prescribed therapies, a study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The findings, published in Nature ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New tumor cell tracking system aims to understand cancer treatment resistance
Despite tremendous advances in medicine, tumors are challenging to cure because they are made up of heterogeneous cells. In other words, like human families, the individual cells of a tumor share some common traits and characteristics, ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists discover a new way to prevent secondary breast cancer
Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may "wake up" following years of sleep, forming incurable secondary tumors.
Mar 13, 2023
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