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New hope for aggressive breast cancers as diabetes drug creates treatment ‘sweet spot’
A drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes can force breast cancer ‘stem cells’…
A homing beacon for chemotherapy drugs
Killing tumour cells while sparing their normal counterparts is a central challenge of cancer chemotherapy.…
Study reports ibrutinib and venetoclax combo effective as front-line therapy for select chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients
Ibrutinib and venetoclax, two FDA-approved drugs for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), have been shown…
World’s first ‘Darwinian’ cancer drug programme aims to deliver step change in cancer treatment
The world’s first ‘Darwinian’ drug discovery programme specially designed to tackle cancer’s lethal ability to…
Children with cancer wait an average of 6.5 years longer than adults to access new drugs
Cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a median of…
How we are developing immunotherapies relevant to Africa
Neelakshi Mungra, University of Cape Town; Krupa Naran, University of Cape Town, and Trishana Nundalall…
Study provides insights on marijuana and opioid use in people with cancer
A study has revealed that many people with cancer use marijuana, and rates of use…
Scientists are world’s firsts to reproduce complete copy of ‘anti-tumour’ antibiotic
After 20 years of dedicated research, scientists have cracked the chemical code of an incredibly…
AACR 2019: Gilteritinib improved survival for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia
Treatment with the FLT3-targeted therapeutic gilteritinib (Xospata) improved survival for patients with relapsed or refractory…
Three-pronged attack can overcome drug resistance in bowel cancer
Combining three targeted drugs together can block drug resistance in bowel cancer patients, a study…