AACR 2019: Cancer preventive vaccine showed promising results in preclinical model of Lynch syndrome
Vaccination with as few as four tumour antigens generated antigen-specific responses, reduced intestinal tumours, and…
Browsing: Rare Cancers
Helping infants survive brain cancer
Choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) is a particularly challenging type of brain cancer. The tumour most…
Active substance from plant slows down aggressive eye cancer
An active substance that has been known for 30 years could unexpectedly turn into a…
How prostate cancer becomes treatment-resistant
The development of effective anti-androgen therapies for prostate cancer is a major scientific advance. However,…
Use of gastric acid suppressants may negatively impact survival outcomes in sarcoma patients treated with pazopanib
In patients with soft tissue sarcoma, the concomitant use of gastric acid suppressant (GAS) therapy…
Neuroendocrine tumours: choosing the best treatment
An increasing number of new anti-cancer drugs are made available each year. During the authorisation…
New precision medicine procedure fights cancer, advances treatment for pets and humans
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at the University of Missouri have helped advance a patient-specific,…
Virus-based therapy targets a paediatric eye cancer
A cancer-killing, virus-based therapy showed promising effects against retinoblastoma – a tumour of the retina…
‘Christmas berry’ plant compound could fight Uveal melanoma
Doctors diagnose about 2000 adults with uveal melanoma, a cancer of the eye, every year.…
Scientists develop potential new treatment for common soft-tissue childhood cancer
Scientists have developed a potential new therapeutic approach for synovial sarcoma, one of the most…