Chemotherapy has been associated with an increased risk of leukemia years after the treatment, but what leads to that association is not clear. In this study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center combined clinical and laboratory studies to show...
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Combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy effective in Phase II leukemia study
A combination of the standard-of-care chemotherapy drug known as azacitidine, with nivolumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, demonstrated an encouraging response rate and overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) according to findings from a Phase II study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Results from the trial,...
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Testing new cancer treatment which could banish chemotherapy
Current treatment for head and neck cancer can have debilitating side-effects, but new research combining robotics, nanoparticles, ultrasound, and lasers could treat it without chemo- or radiotherapy. Killer T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIH Dr. James McLaughlan, a University Academic Fellow in the faculties of Engineering and Medicine and Health, is leading the research programme. He said a successful outcome to the...
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Brigatinib becomes potential new first-line option for ALK-positive non-small lung cancer
Results of a 275-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALTA-1L published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently in the press program at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) World Conference on Lung Cancer 2018 argue for brigatinib as a first-line treatment option for advanced...
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Breast cancer diagnosed by pill
Scientists have developed a pill that lights up breast cancer tumors. Approximately one in three breast cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery or chemotherapy on tumors that are benign. There are also women with treatable cancers who die due to undetected tumors that are hidden by dense breast tissue. This is due to difficulties inherent in...
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Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy
Loyola Medicine oncologist Kathy Albain, M.D., is among main co-authors of New England Journal of Medicine study LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM MAYWOOD, IL – A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early breast cancer to safely forgo chemotherapy, according to a landmark study published in the New...
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Promising Treatment For Cancer Cured 97 Percent Of Tumors In Mice, Human Trials Set This Year
A vaccine-like cure for cancer has successfully treated 97 percent of mice in a study. Human clinical trials are set to start later this year, embarking on an ‘exciting’ phase in cancer history. ( Adalberto Roque | Getty Images ) A vaccine-like cure for cancer successfully removes 97 percent of tumors in mice, although its translation to...
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How Is Immunotherapy Different from Chemotherapy?
These two cancer treatments work very differently to destroy cancer cells and have very different side effects One of the biggest misconceptions oncologist Melissa Wilson hears from patients about immunotherapy for cancer treatment has to do with the side effects. They think immunotherapy’s side effects will be similar to those from chemotherapy, one of the...
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New way to kill cancer is better than chemotherapy: Treatment will use a patient’s immune system to wipe out all of a tumour’s cells
Scientists say they have found a way to prompt the immune system into helping They found a protein which enables chemotherapy to kill tumour cells ‘silently’ The new form of chemotherapy acts as sort of red flag to the immune system The drug could be available to Britain’s 356,000 cancer patients within decade Scientists have new...
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Immunotherapy kinder than chemotherapy for patients with head and neck cancer
The immunotherapy nivolumab is kinder than chemotherapy for people with advanced head and neck cancer – easing many of the negative effects of the disease on patients’ quality of life. Both head and neck cancer and the treatment for it can have a huge impact on patients – affecting their speech, breathing, eating and drinking,...