Oncology & Cancer

Cancer immunotherapy a top trend in health care in 2015

This year has been a momentous year in health care, and, as some news outlets like Boston's WBUR radio are reporting, one of the biggest successes is the explosion of cancer immunotherapy. The American Association for Cancer ...

Oncology & Cancer

Studies review relationship between immune system and cancer

The last ten years have seen a renewed interest in how cancer evades the immune system and how white blood cells can be used therapeutically to help patients, even with late-stage diagnoses. In an April 13 joint special issue ...

Cardiology

New molecule protects heart from toxic breast cancer drugs

A new molecule has been found that protects the heart from toxic breast cancer drugs and also kills the cancerous tumor. The research from Italy addresses the burgeoning problem of heart disease in cancer survivors and is ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers map paths to cancer drug resistance

A team of researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute has identified key events that prompt certain cancer cells to develop resistance to otherwise lethal therapies.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Review highlights ways to prevent and manage jaw bone disease

A review of more than a decade's worth of research on osteonecrosis of the jaw—when the bone in the jaw is exposed and begins to starve from a lack of blood—points to an increased risk for patients taking certain drugs ...

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