The latest immunotherapy news and developments
Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients
An immunotherapy drug can be used to cure women of a rare type of cancer…
Browsing: Immunotherapy
We don’t need to change how we subsidise ‘breakthrough’ cancer treatments
Richard De Abreu Lourenco, University of Technology Sydney; Marion Haas, University of Technology Sydney, and…
Australian researchers zero in on molecular fingerprint for prostate cancer
Six cancers that claim more than 23,000 Australian lives each year should be prioritised for…
COSA 2017: Do new drugs require new models of funding?
Attendees at the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting discussed whether new immunotherapy…
Relearning Supportive Care with Immunotherapies
By Professor Ian Olver AM, for oncologynews.com.au. There has been a rapid paradigm shift in anticancer treatment…
For cancer patients with HIV, immunotherapy appears safe
A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against many…
Scientists discover surprising immune cell activity that may be limiting immunotherapy
Researchers have uncovered a surprising process within a key immune cell that may help explain…
Size and scope of “paradigm shift in cancer therapy” revealed
Thousands of Australians who face imminent death from cancer could live longer if the use…
ESMO and Immunotherapy by Ian Olver
ESMO 2017 Conference Review by Professor Ian Olver AM, for oncologynews.com.au. Almost 24,000 delegates gathered in Madrid…
Poliovirus therapy induces immune responses against cancer
An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumours appears to unleash the body’s…