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Human pancreatic cancer model offers new opportunities for testing drugs
UNSW scientists have grown human pancreatic cancer tumours in the lab—their model is the first…
Adding ipilimumab to pembrolizumab does not improve efficacy in patients with NSCLC
Adding ipilimumab to pembrolizumab does not improve efficacy and is associated with greater toxicity than…
Metformin may affect risk of breast cancer in women with type 2 diabetes
A study of 44,541 women has found that there appears to be no association between…
Study shows aspirin before a diagnosis may lower colorectal cancer mortality
A new study finds that long-term aspirin use before a diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC)…
Modern anti-cancer drugs work via tiny molecular motions
Modern immunotherapeutic anti-cancer drugs support a natural mechanism of the immune system to inhibit the…
Researchers discover mechanism to overcome drug-resistance in leukaemia
In a new study led by Yale Cancer Center, researchers have discovered a novel metabolic…
Potential combined drug therapy for lung cancer
Most lung cancers are of a type called non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). This type of…
Encapsulating drugs in nanoparticles to target pancreatic cancer cells
Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and North Dakota State University, USA,…
Preventing chemotherapy from damaging the heart
There could be an intervention on the horizon to help prevent heart damage caused by…
Single-cell test can reveal precisely how drugs kill cancer cells
Cancer cells are smart when it comes to anti-cancer drugs, evolving and becoming resistant to…