A new method to test cancer drug toxicity
For people with cancer, chemotherapy saves lives, but for some patients, the treatment comes with a side effect—heart damage. Screening cancer drugs for cardiotoxicity has been an ongoing… read more.
For people with cancer, chemotherapy saves lives, but for some patients, the treatment comes with a side effect—heart damage. Screening cancer drugs for cardiotoxicity has been an ongoing… read more.
Cancer patients who use cannabis to address their symptoms have less pain and sleep better, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research. But they also experience another,… read more.
A new class of immunotherapy shows promising results for fighting the most aggressive form of skin cancer. The study, published today in Nature Communications by researchers from King’s College London… read more.
Patients who chose active monitoring of their localized prostate cancer have achieved the same high survival rates as those who chose radiotherapy or surgery. Researchers reported these findings… read more.
Women working in healthcare who are regularly exposed to radiation from x-rays and other imaging procedures need better ionising radiation protection to help minimise their risk of developing breast cancer,… read more.
CAR-T cell therapy has been shown to be highly effective in treating some cancers. However, responses to this relatively new form of immunotherapy can vary, making it difficult… read more.
Important information about cancer drug benefits, and related uncertainties, is frequently omitted from official prescription drug information sources for clinicians and patients in Europe, finds an analysis published… read more.
Researchers from the NEOSTAR Phase II trial reported that the addition of ipilimumab to a neoadjuvant (pre-surgical) combination of nivolumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy resulted in a major pathologic… read more.
A new technique that combines highly detailed, real-time images of inside the body with a type of infrared light has, for the first time, been used during surgery… read more.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 deaths each year. It is also a risk factor for… read more.
For most Americans, the two major obstacles to proper medical care are time and money. And while insurance can sometimes reduce healthcare costs, having time to visit the… read more.
An on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder cancer have limited access to this effective standard… read more.
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