Oncology & Cancer
Live tumour testing provides short cut to cancer drug development
A technique using live human cancer tissue to develop the next generation of cancer drugs is being developed in South Australia.
Aug 22, 2018
0
29
News tagged with cancer drug development
Oncology & Cancer
Clinical trial tests feasibility of targeting particular classes of tumor types with certain drugs
A large team of researchers from the U.S., Spain and Australia has found that the efficacy of drugs for treating cancer aimed at targeting particular classes of mutations depends on the type of tumor tissue involved and the ...
Oncology & Cancer
New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain metastases
Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread to the brain or central nervous system (CNS) or, if such patients were allowed on trial, trials have often failed to clearly ...
Dec 30, 2017
0
41
Oncology & Cancer
New understanding of why cancer cells move
A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher has identified how some cancer cells are made to move during metastasis. The research provides a better understanding of how cancer spreads and may create new opportunities ...
Dec 27, 2017
0
14
Oncology & Cancer
Tumour analysis following surgery could predict response to drug treatment
A novel approach developed by researchers from the University of Leicester and the MRC Toxicology Unit could help to predict how well patients respond to drugs designed to fight various forms of cancer.
Nov 8, 2017
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists exploit leaks in blood brain barrier to treat glioblastoma
An ovarian cancer drug can leak through the blood brain barrier to reach brain tumours and could be an effective treatment for glioblastoma, suggest results presented at the National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) Cancer ...
Nov 6, 2017
0
1
Medications
Some cancer drugs approved in Europe might not have sufficient evidence of survival benefits, says study
Most cancer drugs approved in Europe from 2009-2013 weren't backed by sufficient scientific evidence that they work, according to a new study.
Oct 6, 2017
0
3
Oncology & Cancer
New bladder cancer therapy to start clinical trials
An experimental treatment for bladder cancer will move into an early phase clinical trial under an agreement signed today (Monday) between Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity's commercial ...
Jun 27, 2017
0
80
Oncology & Cancer
Study shows how an opportunistic microbe kills cancer cells
New study results show for the first time how dying cells ensure that they will be replaced, and suggests an ingenious, related new approach to shrinking cancerous tumors. A research team from Rush University Medical Center ...
Jun 19, 2017
0
1224
Oncology & Cancer
Improved accuracy for cancer drug testing
A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. The method paves the way to much earlier assessment of who benefits from a specific drug and ...
Jun 14, 2017
0
0
