Immunotherapy of precancerous skin lesions may prevent squamous cell carcinoma
A treatment previously shown to clear the precancerous skin lesions called actinic keratosis now appears…
Browsing: immunotherapy
Global study of pancreatic cancer offers possible insights into treatment and early detection
Aatur Singhi, University of Pittsburgh When “Jeopardy!” episode 7059 aired on April 30, 2015, the…
Study finds melanoma brain metastases are immunosuppressive with treatment-resistant metabolism
Melanoma tumours that have spread to the brain are equipped to thwart immunotherapies and targeted…
ASCO GU 2019: Pembrolizumab Plus Axitinib Extended Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival Versus Current Standard Treatment for Advanced Kidney Cancer
Results from the randomized, phase III KEYNOTE-426 clinical trial show that first-line therapy with a…
Uncovering more options in cancer immunotherapy
To make it possible for cancer immunotherapy to help more people, think small. Small molecules,…
Vaccine, checkpoint drugs combination shows promise for pancreatic cancers
Researchers have discovered a combination of a cancer vaccine with two checkpoint drugs reduced pancreatic…
Research review underscores progress in treating kidney cancer, importance of close patient monitoring
With the swift introduction of approved immunotherapy approaches into the treatment landscape for many cancers,…
New ‘SLICE’ tool can massively expand immune system’s cancer-fighting repertoire
Immunotherapy can cure some cancers that until fairly recently were considered fatal. In addition to…
First of its kind research models immune responses in cellular immunotherapies
In the Cellular Immunotherapy and Transplantation Program at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, scientists…
Anti-cancer virus fits tumour receptor like a ‘key in a lock’
Seneca Valley Virus sounds like the last bug you’d want to catch, but it could…