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“Breakthrough” COVID infections more prevalent and more dangerous for cancer patients

Written by | 3 Jun 2022

Breakthrough COVID-19 infection is more prevalent among vaccinated cancer patients than in the general population, and the results are more dangerous, researchers reported on April 8, 2022 in… read more.

Prostate cancer linked to increased risk of venous thromboembolism

Written by | 1 Jun 2022

Researchers from Sweden have reported that, compared with men with no prostate cancer, men diagnosed with prostate cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE)… read more.

One-off treatment shown to prevent long term side effects of cancer radiotherapies

Written by | 24 May 2022

A new study has found that a simple, one-off treatment was able to prevent long term side effects of cancer radiotherapies. There are about 2 million cancer survivors… read more.

Many pathologists agree overdiagnosis of skin cancer happens, but don’t change diagnosis behavior

Written by | 10 May 2022

As the most serious type of skin cancer, a melanoma diagnosis carries emotional, financial and medical consequences. That’s why recent studies finding that there is an overdiagnosis of… read more.

Breast cancer: Why metastasis spreads to the bone

Written by | 28 Apr 2022

When cancer cells break away from a primary tumor and migrate to other organs, this is called “metastatic cancer.” The organs affected by these metastases, however, depend in… read more.

Therapeutic target for aggressive blood cancer

Written by | 25 Apr 2022

A new study published today in the journal Genes & Development reveals a gene that normally suppresses the formation of tumours but is reprogrammed at the onset of acute promyelocytic… read more.

Novel combination treatment effective in recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer

Written by | 20 Apr 2022

Researchers from a phase 2 study report that combination treatment with abemaciclib and letrozole shrinks or stabilizes tumors in a majority of subjects diagnosed with recurrent or persistent… read more.

How ovarian cancer defies immunotherapy

Written by | 12 Apr 2022

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, with collaborators at La Jolla Institute for Immunology and… read more.

Researchers shorten manufacturing time for CAR T cell therapy

Written by | 1 Apr 2022

A new approach from Penn Medicine researchers could cut the time it takes to alter patients’ immune cells for infusion back into the body to find and attack… read more.

Potential therapy may boost chemoimmunotherapy response in bladder cancer

Written by | 30 Mar 2022

Adding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor growth, according to a proof-of-concept study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancerinvestigators. The… read more.

Half of all women experience false positive mammograms after 10 years of annual screening

Written by | 28 Mar 2022

A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast… read more.

CHMP recommends Opdivo + Yervoy for first line treatment of metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma – BMS

Written by | 27 Mar 2022

Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy… read more.

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