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Are cancer surgeries removing the body’s secret weapon against cancer?

Scientists have found that preserving lymph nodes during cancer surgery could dramatically improve how patients respond to immunotherapy. The research shows that lymph nodes are essential for training ... Read More

The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here

Researchers found that among cancer patients getting immunotherapy, those who got an mRNA Covid vaccine within 100 days before starting their treatment lived longer. Read More

'Remarkable' Survival Outcomes in Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer

The perioperative enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab (EV-P) substantially increased the frequency of adverse events (AEs), including severe AEs, but considered manageable, reported Christof ... Read More

New data sheds light on immunotherapy failure, bringing hope to patients with cancer

A new study by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Turku, Finland has revealed an important clue as to why immunotherapy fails in many patients with cancer. For the ... Read More

FDA Nod for J&J’s Drug/Device Treatment Gives Bladder Cancer Patients Another Option

Bladder cancer patients who have an early but aggressive form of the disease that’s unresponsive to the standard of care now have a new treatment option, an implanted Johnson & Johnson drug/device ... Read More

Scientists find immune drug that could halt skin cancer’s deadly spread

Researchers found that pembrolizumab, an immune-activating cancer drug, lowered the risk of distant metastases in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma after surgery. Though recurrence rates overall ... Read More