Oncology & Cancer

How popular steroids could interfere with some cancer treatments

Immunotherapy is among the newest and most potent weapons against cancer. It prompts the immune system to recognize tumors as intruders in the body and attack. But not all patients respond well to immunotherapy. Why? Scientists ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers discover a new mechanism of cancer immune defense

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg has gained new insights into how inflammatory mediators of pathogen defense can remotely drive cancer cells into death—an important ...

Oncology & Cancer

Targeting GITR in cancer immunotherapy

A new research perspective titled "Targeting GITR in cancer immunotherapy—there is no perfect knowledge" has been published in Oncotarget.

Oncology & Cancer

Study hints at how cancer immunotherapy can be safer

Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment of many forms of cancer by unleashing the immune system response against tumors. Immunotherapies that block checkpoint receptors like PD-1, proteins that limit the capacity ...

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