Oncology & Cancer

Gut bacteria enhance cancer immunotherapy in mouse study

Roughly one in five cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy—a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Such an approach to beating cancer has seen significant success in lung cancer and melanoma, among ...

Oncology & Cancer

Glowing dye may help surgeons eradicate prostate cancer

A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a paper published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, titled "First‑in‑man ...

Surgery

New anesthetic technique proves safe in children

A new high-flow oxygen technique is as safe as standard anesthetic methods during tubeless upper airway surgery in children, according to University of Queensland research. The research was published in The Lancet Respiratory ...

Oncology & Cancer

Research team identifies a new way to treat prostate cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates there are nearly 300,000 new cases of prostate cancer every year in the U.S., and approximately one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate cancer ...

Oncology & Cancer

Harnessing the power of viruses to kill cancers

In the global hunt for both a cure and cancer treatments, researchers are finding it may be the very viruses we try to shield ourselves against that hold great promise in fighting the deadly disease.

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