Trial for immunotherapy drug shows promise for aggressive breast cancer

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers have conducted a phase II clinical trial investigating the potential of pembrolizumab maintenance therapy, a type of immunotherapy, in aggressive forms ... Read More

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Lung Cancer News

Genetic Signature May Predict Response to Immunotherapy ... A novel drug target has been newly identified in the fight against drug resistance in cancer ... Small Cell Lung Cancer: New Approach ... Read More

Structures of new cancer drug candidates revealed

The company plans to partner with Pfizer on a Phase 2 study. The cancer immunotherapy ... therapies that target RTK proteins. However, cancer cells can resist these drugs using a mechanism called ... Read More

Prostate Cancer News

Promising New Options for Treating Aggressive Prostate Cancer Oct. 18, 2023 — Investigators have identified two ... drug, a multi-institution, Phase 3 clinical trial has ... New Approach to ... Read More

New insights could unlock immunotherapy for rare, deadly eye cancer

New research from the University of Pittsburgh explains why metastatic uveal melanoma is resistant to conventional immunotherapies and how adoptive therapy, which involves growing a patient’s T cells ... Read More

New trial shows immunotherapy post-surgery improves overall survival for kidney cancer

For the first time in fifty years, results from a Phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial have shown an overall survival benefit from an adjuvant therapy in patients with kidney cancer. Read More

The Next Generation of Cancer Drugs Will Be Made in Space

Immunotherapy is one of the most promising new ways to fight cancer ... that microgravity can give to life science research, drug development, cancer research—and more that we just don't ... Read More

Smart News Science

millions of Americans looked up and were spellbound by the spectacular phenomenon Two specific broods will appear together for the first time since 1803 The two babies are part of an endangered ... Read More

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April 17, 2024 • 500 million years ago, the world was a very different place. During this period of time, known as the Cambrian period, basically all life was in the water. The ocean was ... Read More

Scientists discover new 'wonder' drug for aggressive cancer

Half were also given injections of new drug, ADI-PEG20 (pegargiminase) while the other half received a placebo – also known as a dummy drug – for two ... science engagement manager at Cancer ... Read More

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