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Innovative technology could treat cancer more selectively and effectively

Treating cancer more selectively and more effectively - this could be achieved with an innovative technology developed by teams of researchers at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

9 Aug 2019

ISCT expresses concern about companies offering unproven T-cell preservation services

ISCT, the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, the global professional society of clinicians, researchers, regulatory specialists, technologists and industry partners in the cell and gene therapy sector, today announces its objection to linking the benefits of cellular immunotherapy, in particular Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, with recent market offerings for third party cryopreserving and banking of T-cells for future therapeutic use.

8 Aug 2019

New Milford Hospital’s Eating Well program offers comfort to patients and caregivers

Diane and Phil Hannah started their lifelong journey together as neighbors who would talk to each other from their bedroom windows. They were high school sweethearts before they married in 1952.

8 Aug 2019

Study aims to reduce therapy for subsets of patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma

Each year, approximately 750 patients are diagnosed with neuroblastoma in North America, the most common form of cancer in infants less than one year old.

8 Aug 2019

Highly sensitive blood test may help doctors tailor better breast cancer treatments

A new, highly sensitive blood test is one of the first to successfully monitor breast cancer patients with early stage disease and could be up to 100 times more sensitive than existing tests, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine today (Wednesday).

6 Aug 2019

Tel Aviv researchers develop a nano-vaccine for the most aggressive skin cancer

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer.

5 Aug 2019

MSI detection in blood samples can guide treatment planning for patients with advanced cancer

Incorporation of pan-cancer microsatellite instability (MSI) detection into the 74-gene panel Guardant360 liquid biopsy assay showed high concordance with matched tissue samples in nearly 1,000 patients.

5 Aug 2019

GW Cancer Center selected as first global clinical trial site for high risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Under the leadership of Vishal A. Patel, MD, FAAD, FACMS, director of the Cutaneous Oncology Program at the George Washington University Cancer Center, the GW Cancer Center was selected as the first global site for a clinical trial for patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

3 Aug 2019

New liquid biopsy chip captures circulating tumor cells with greater sensitivity

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a chip made of carbon nanotubes that can capture circulating tumor cells of all sizes and types, and can do so with far greater sensitivity than existing technologies.

1 Aug 2019

Lymph node response to treatment can predict survival in patients with esophageal cancer

Optimal methods for predicting treatment efficacy in patients with esophageal cancer are seriously lacking. But now, researchers from Japan have found a useful alternative to existing methods for predicting patient outcomes.

29 Jul 2019

Study finds specific direct targets for lung cancer treatment

A team of researchers at the Salk Institute has found two therapeutic targets for the deadly type of lung cancer, non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs), which accounts for 85 percent of all lung cancer cases. They believe that the breakthrough discovery could pave the way for the development of new treatments for a majority of lung cancer patients.

29 Jul 2019

Scientists discover novel mechanism of action for NK cells in checkpoint inhibitor for cancer

PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors are a powerful and growing form of immunotherapy used to treat melanoma, kidney cancer, head and neck cancers, Hodgkin's lymphoma and other cancers.

27 Jul 2019

An unexpected developmental hierarchy in a rare disease affecting young children

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease affecting primarily young children. While LCH may heal by itself without treatment in some patients, others require intensive chemotherapy and suffer from long-term consequences, or may even succumb to the disease.

26 Jul 2019

Study proposes new way of concentrating radiotherapy dose in tumors

A new way of concentrating radiotherapy dose in tumours, while minimising damage to healthy cells, has been proposed in research led by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.

26 Jul 2019

Using laser-activated microrobots to deliver drug therapy

Targeting medical treatment to an ailing body part is a practice as old as medicine itself. A Band-Aid is placed on a skinned knee. Drops go into itchy eyes. A broken arm goes into a cast.

25 Jul 2019

CAR-T cells used to target glioblastoma

Immunotherapy is the new weapon against cancers and building upon existing research, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a way to make immunotherapy more effective in a deadly and common form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

24 Jul 2019

Unexpected discovery could improve treatment of cancer, other diseases

EU-funded researchers have discovered an important new mechanism by which cells flag and repair damage to their DNA - an unexpected finding that could improve the treatment of diseases such as cancer.

23 Jul 2019

Women with breast cancer should start postoperative chemotherapy soon

Women with breast cancer should start postoperative chemotherapy, when recommended, ideally within four months of their cancer diagnosis because new study findings show that waiting longer is associated with poorer overall survival.

23 Jul 2019

Scientists identify new way to target bottleneck for cancer cell growth

The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have identified a way of targeting ribonucleotide reductase that may avoid the toxicity of previous approaches, informing focused drug discovery efforts.

23 Jul 2019

CHLA researcher receives NIH grant to study repair and regeneration mechanisms in the gut

Chemotherapy and radiation target cancer cells but these treatments produce unwanted side effects on healthy tissue.

22 Jul 2019

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Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Innovative technology could treat cancer more selectively and effectively

ISCT expresses concern about companies offering unproven T-cell preservation services

New Milford Hospital’s Eating Well program offers comfort to patients and caregivers

Study aims to reduce therapy for subsets of patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma

Highly sensitive blood test may help doctors tailor better breast cancer treatments

Tel Aviv researchers develop a nano-vaccine for the most aggressive skin cancer

MSI detection in blood samples can guide treatment planning for patients with advanced cancer

GW Cancer Center selected as first global clinical trial site for high risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

New liquid biopsy chip captures circulating tumor cells with greater sensitivity

Lymph node response to treatment can predict survival in patients with esophageal cancer

Study finds specific direct targets for lung cancer treatment

Scientists discover novel mechanism of action for NK cells in checkpoint inhibitor for cancer

An unexpected developmental hierarchy in a rare disease affecting young children

Study proposes new way of concentrating radiotherapy dose in tumors

Using laser-activated microrobots to deliver drug therapy

CAR-T cells used to target glioblastoma

Unexpected discovery could improve treatment of cancer, other diseases

Women with breast cancer should start postoperative chemotherapy soon

Scientists identify new way to target bottleneck for cancer cell growth

CHLA researcher receives NIH grant to study repair and regeneration mechanisms in the gut

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