AACR 2019: HDAC inhibition may combat resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in patients with melanoma
A combination of the experimental histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor entinostat with the anti-PD-1 therapeutic pembrolizumab…
Browsing: melanoma
Study finds way to potentially improve immunotherapy for cancer
A new study has identified a drug that potentially could make a common type of…
New nanoparticle flips switch for tumour-infiltrating immune cell
Immunotherapy’s promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after two scientists won a…
New PET probe could improve detection of primary and metastatic melanoma
A new nuclear medicine method for detecting malignant melanoma, one of the most aggressive skin…
Nobel laureates: Despite progress, cancer won’t be wiped out
The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward…
Diagnostic timelines in young people with cancer
International projects exist to improve cancer awareness and early cancer diagnosis (1) driven by an assumption…
Fishing for new leads in a rare melanoma
Zebrafish are an emerging power tool in cancer research. They can be engineered to light…
Immunotherapy effective against hereditary melanoma
Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type…
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…
Shedding light on 100-year-old cancer mystery
For almost a century, scientists have observed a strange behavior in cancer cells: They prefer…