Vitamin D could help mitigate chemotherapy side effects
As many cancer patients will confirm, the chemotherapy prescribed to kill the disease is often…
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EHA 2020: Combined irradiation and chemotherapy better prepares children for stem cell transplantation than chemotherapy alone
Treatment of childhood cancer is a success story, particularly for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). More…
Chemotherapy/immunotherapy combo shows promise for first-line treatment of mesothelioma
Inoperable malignant pleural mesothelioma, is a rare and aggressive cancer of the protective lining of…
Chemotherapy and cancer gang up to cause a neurological side effect
Contrary to common medical guidance, chemotherapy does not appear to be the only culprit in…
Researchers shrink breast cancer tumours in mice with targeted therapy
A team of researchers led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA, Provost Wole Soboyejo has…
ASCO 2020: Immunotherapy following chemotherapy offers extended survival to patients with advanced urothelial cancer
Treatment with avelumab combined with best supportive care following chemotherapy significantly extended overall survival compared…
ASCO 2020: Immunotherapy avelumab shows potential in rare gynaecological cancer resistant to chemotherapy
In a small, phase II study of a very rare cancer that develops inside a…
Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells
For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes – hollow spheres made of lipid…
ASCO 2020: Trial confirms durable and long-term survival benefit for nivolumab plus ipilimumab over chemotherapy in metastatic first-line non-small cell lung cancer patients
Today three-year follow-up results from Part 1 of the Phase 3 CheckMate -227 trial have…
MRI technique could reduce need for radiation in measuring tumour response to chemotherapy
Whole body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI) may aid in the assessment of cancer…