Cancer treatment: study finds targeting nearby ‘normal’ cells could improve survival rates
Ingo Ringshausen, University of Cambridge Cancer of the immune system, lymphoma or leukaemia, generally affects…
Browsing: chemotherapy
Investigational drugs block bone loss in mice receiving chemotherapy
Bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis and fractures is a major problem for cancer…
World first treatment with ‘acoustic cluster therapy’ to improve chemotherapy delivery
The first patient has been treated with an innovative new technology that uses microscopic clusters…
Updated APHINITY trial data show addition of pertuzumab to trastuzumab plus chemotherapy continues to yield clinical benefit in patients with operable HER2-positive early breast cancer
Data from six-year analysis of the APHINITY trial showed that adding pertuzumab to the previous…
Discovery by Hebrew University scientists could revolutionise chemotherapy
It is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak…
The ways astronauts prep for spaceflight could benefit cancer patients
During spaceflight, astronauts experience similar physical stress as cancer patients undergoing treatments such as chemotherapy,…
ELeCt-ing a better candidate for chemotherapy delivery
Chemotherapy has been the backbone of cancer treatment for decades, but it is notorious for…
Chemotherapy sometimes sets the stage for drug-resistant leukaemia at relapse
Chemotherapy has helped make the most common childhood cancer one of the most curable, but…
Tumours alone may be linked to cancer patients’ cognitive problem
New research suggests that both tumours and chemotherapy could be linked to the cognitive problems…
ESMO 2019: DNA profiling may hold key to better treatment options in carcinoma of unknown primary
DNA profiling is revealing novel treatment choices for patients with cancer whose disease has spread…