The latest immunotherapy news and developments
NASA technology applied in breast cancer study
Getting spacecraft ready for launch may have more to do with medical research than you…
Browsing: Immunotherapy
Personalised medicine has obvious benefits but has anyone thought about the issues?
By Nola Ries, University of Newcastle and Dianne Nicol, University of Tasmania. US Vice President Joe…
Why do some cancers suddenly disappear?
By Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath It is hard to believe that some cancers miraculously disappear,…
Radiation and vaccination can magnify effects of immunotherapy
By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers from the University…
ASCO 2016: Double Stem-Cell Transplant Improves Outcomes for Children with High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Historically, less than 50% of children with high-risk neuroblastoma live five or more years after…
ASCO 2016: Cancer diagnosed more often in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases
Primary immunodeficiency disorders are a group of more than 300 single gene defects that affect…
ASCO 2016: Novel antibody helps patients with advanced gastric cancer live longer
Findings from a European phase II study showed that the novel, first-in- class antibody IMAB362…
A combined approach to treating metastatic melanoma
Oncologists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have successfully treated a patient with metastatic…
ASCO 2016: Precision medicine yields better outcomes for patients in Phase I clinical trials
A meta-analysis of 346 phase I clinical trials involving more than 13,000 patients found that…
Proteins key to unlocking cancer for US initiative the National Cancer Moonshot
The National Cancer Moonshot initiative needs to move beyond genomics to target the proteins that…