Medical research

New method predicts the right treatment for breast cancer patients

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that should be able to predict whether a patient with breast cancer will benefit from a particular treatment or not. The cell-based method has been tested on patients ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Drug companies must address 'chronic neglect' of women: Report

Drug companies must make fundamental changes to their core business to address R&D gaps and access to existing medicines for women's sexual and reproductive health in lower-income countries, global health equity advocates ...

Oncology & Cancer

Breast cancer: An aggressive variant triggers a hunt for cures

Triple negative breast cancer is a hard-to-treat form that accounts for 15% of all cases, with recovery hopes emerging from chemotherapy drugs that stimulate the immune system and others that cause tumor cells to implode.

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