‘Christmas berry’ plant compound could fight Uveal melanoma
Doctors diagnose about 2000 adults with uveal melanoma, a cancer of the eye, every year.…
Browsing: Rare Cancers
Scientists develop potential new treatment for common soft-tissue childhood cancer
Scientists have developed a potential new therapeutic approach for synovial sarcoma, one of the most…
Investigational drug shows promising results in Phase II study of aggressive, often fatal blood disorder with no approved therapies
A Phase I/II study, led by investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer…
Patients with rare, incurable digestive tract cancers respond to new drug combination
Patients with rare, but incurable cancers of the digestive tract have responded well to a…
Q&A: Treatment for Hurthle cell thyroid cancer
Dear Mayo Clinic: Is it common to only have a partial thyroidectomy to remove Hurthle…
Bacterial therapy tolerable, shows early promise in patients with advanced solid tumours
A phase I clinical trial investigating the use of bacterial Clostridium novyi-NT spores as an…
Integrated analysis finds vulnerabilities to target in a high-risk paediatric tumour
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of a…
Rewriting our understanding of gastric tumours
The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study…
Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumours
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be…
Researchers suggest new treatment for rare inherited cancers
Studying two rare inherited cancer syndromes, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists have found the cancers…