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Researchers discover drug resistance mechanism in leukemia, ID treatment strategy
Like packaging designed to create a protective environment around a product, the mix of cells…
Potential drug treatment for particular type of lung-cancer
The effectiveness of cancer treatment is often hampered by cancer cells being heterogeneous. This is…
Prostate cancer: immunotherapy offers hope
An antibody for treating advanced prostate cancer improves progression-free survival in patients with metastasised, castration-resistant…
Gut microbiome may influence how cancer patients respond to oral therapies
A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University illustrates how the gut…
Clinical trial of selpercatinib shows strong response for patients with non-small cell lung cancer
An international team of researchers has found that selpercatinib, a drug that precisely targets cancers…
New drug targeting DNA repair shows promise in range of advanced cancers
A new precision drug which stops cancer from repairing its DNA has shown promise in…
New vulnerability found in lung squamous cancer may facilitate drug targeting
New cancer research by scientists at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA,…
Scientists devise ‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs
Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a…
Why some cancers may respond poorly to key drugs discovered
Patients with BRCA1/2 mutations are at higher risk for breast, ovarian and prostate cancers that…
ESMO 2020: Immunotherapy combination improves outcomes in advanced kidney cancer
An immunotherapy agent combined with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug significantly improved progression-free survival and…