Rabbit virus kills some cancer cells
University of Florida Health researchers have discovered that a rabbit virus can deliver a one-two…
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Breast Cancer @ASCO: New treatments may prolong health
Promising advances in research could mean longer, healthier lives for women with breast cancer, the…
Improved care has extended the lifespan of childhood cancer survivors since the 1970s
An analysis of over 34,000 participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study shows improvement in…
Pembrolizumab shows real promise against head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was effective in one out of four patients…
‘Paradigm shift’ hailed in treatment of lung cancer
Tests showed new generation of drug that frees immune system to attack devastating form of…
New research shows immunotherapy targeting several cancers
Immunotherapy, which has shown remarkable success against advanced melanoma skin cancers, is now being used…
Combining targeted drug with chemotherapy offers longer life to b-cell cancer patients
Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib with standard chemotherapy…
Eating a Mediterranean diet could cut womb cancer risk
Women who eat a Mediterranean diet could cut their risk of womb cancer by more than half…
Removing more breast tissue reduces by half the need for second cancer surgery
Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast cancer patients a…
Study identifies possible new combination chemotherapy for patients with advanced prostate cancer
For more than a decade, oncologists using cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced metastatic…