Immunotherapy before surgery could dramatically improve cancer survival rates
QIMR Berghofer scientists have found that reversing the order of treatment for patients with certain…
Browsing: survival rates
What are your chances of living two years? Patient and Doctors’ views differ
Misunderstandings about prognosis between US patients with advanced cancer and their doctors was common, in…
Aspirin may increase survival after colon cancer
It is well known that aspirin has analgesic and fever-reducing properties. However, this drug may also…
New 3D hydrogel biochips prove to be superior in detecting bowel cancer at early stages
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular…
ASCO 2016: PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab provides long-term survival benefit
Long-term follow-up from a phase Ib trial (KEYNOTE-001) in newly diagnosed and previously treated patients…
Research shows 98% cure rate for prostate cancer using stereotactic body radiation therapy
A five-year study shows that Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) to treat prostate cancer offers…
Relapses of childhood leukaemia improve with high doses of chemotherapy drug Methotrexate
Study Also Finds Use of the Steroid Decadron Beneficial for Younger—But Not Older—Patients With a…
AACR 2016: Physical activity may improve prostate cancer prognosis
Prostate cancer patients and survivors who maintain a moderate to high level of physical activity…
Where prostate cancer spreads in the body affects survival time
In the largest analysis of its kind, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute and other…
Tens of thousands of lives saved in the running battle against cancers
MORE than 61,000 people have been saved from dying of cancer in Australia over the…