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Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

A patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol to treat appendix and colon tumors, a personalized medicine approach that is showing promise.

7 Aug 2020

Chemotherapy not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma

UCLA researchers have found that chemotherapy is not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma, a rare type of cancer of the soft tissues or bone.

6 Aug 2020

Chemists discover a way to create synthetic version of natural anti-cancer compound

Scripps Research chemists Hans Renata, PhD, and Alexander Adibekian, PhD, have discovered a way to efficiently create a synthetic version of a valuable natural compound called cepafungin I, which has shown promise as an anti-cancer agent.

6 Aug 2020

ASH publishes new guidelines to help tailor treatment for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia

Today, ASH published new guidelines to help older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and their health care providers make critical care decisions, including if and how to proceed with cancer treatment and the need for blood transfusions for those in hospice care.

6 Aug 2020

Gene could predict treatment response in certain breast cancer patients

Scientists have identified a gene which if present in certain breast cancer patients indicates how they will respond to specific therapies.

6 Aug 2020

3D organoid model helps better understand how tumor grows in natural microenvironment

Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have biofabricated human colorectal cancer miniature organs, called organoids, to better understand how a tumor grows in its natural microenvironment and its response to therapies.

5 Aug 2020

Study: Inhibition of TLK protein stimulates the innate immune system

Tousled-like kinases (TLKs) are a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatment due to their central role in DNA repair and replication.

5 Aug 2020

Panthera’s oncology clinical trial sites in the UK are open for research activities

Over a thousand oncology clinical trials have been suspended due to Covid putting back research which is vital for patients across the world.

5 Aug 2020

Novel technology tests the presence of thin membrane protrusions on breast cancer cells

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have developed a novel technology to test for the presence of thin membrane protrusions called "microtentacles" on breast cancer cells, which can help predict whether a tumor is likely to spread.

5 Aug 2020

CNIO and HKUST researchers identify how some gliomas acquire chemoresistance

A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, have made important findings of how some gliomas can acquire chemoresistance.

4 Aug 2020

Researcher is exploring safer and more effective treatment for leukemia

A potentially safer, more effective chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related cancers, such as leukemia, who need a particular bone marrow transplant procedure is under study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

4 Aug 2020

15 young scientists receive Damon Runyon Fellowship Award to pursue cancer research

Grants totaling nearly $3.5 million give early career investigators independence to pursue brave and bold cancer research.

31 Jul 2020

Avoiding care during the pandemic could mean life or death

These days, Los Angeles acting teacher Deryn Warren balances her pain with her fear. She's a bladder cancer patient who broke her wrist in November. She still needs physical therapy for her wrist, and she's months late for a cancer follow-up.

31 Jul 2020

Managing cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic

An ESMO interdisciplinary expert consensus paper on how to manage cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic has been published today in Annals of Oncology.

31 Jul 2020

Compounds demonstrate promising activity against tuberculosis

Compounds tested for their potential as antibiotics have demonstrated promising activity against one of the deadliest infectious diseases - tuberculosis (TB).

30 Jul 2020

Women receiving treatment for cancers are not at increased of being hospitalized for COVID-19

Women receiving standard treatment in New York City for ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers are not at increased risk of being hospitalized for or dying from COVID-19 due to their cancer, a new study shows.

30 Jul 2020

Two young scientists receive Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named two outstanding young scientists as recipients of the Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award, committing nearly $500,000 to help address a critical shortage of funding for pediatric cancer research.

30 Jul 2020

Scientists are developing AI tools that can benefit certain cancer patients

Case Western Reserve University scientists are developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help surgeons and oncologists identify the subtle but critical differences between a recurring tumor and damaged non-cancerous tissue on post-operative MRI scans of certain cancer patients.

29 Jul 2020

Pathological regression of lymph nodes better predicts survival in esophageal cancer patients

A group of researchers led by Osaka University established a new pathological grading system to evaluate the therapeutic effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for metastatic lymph nodes removed in esophageal cancer surgery, demonstrating that the system predicts recurrence and prognosis in EC patients better than conventional systems.

27 Jul 2020

First CAR T-cell therapy for mantle cell lymphoma receives FDA approval

Today's Food and Drug Administration approval of the first CAR T-cell therapy for mantle cell lymphoma represents a key advance for patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant forms of the disease, say Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators who helped conduct the decisive clinical trial of the therapy.

24 Jul 2020

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

Chemotherapy not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma

Chemists discover a way to create synthetic version of natural anti-cancer compound

ASH publishes new guidelines to help tailor treatment for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia

Gene could predict treatment response in certain breast cancer patients

3D organoid model helps better understand how tumor grows in natural microenvironment

Study: Inhibition of TLK protein stimulates the innate immune system

Panthera’s oncology clinical trial sites in the UK are open for research activities

Novel technology tests the presence of thin membrane protrusions on breast cancer cells

CNIO and HKUST researchers identify how some gliomas acquire chemoresistance

Researcher is exploring safer and more effective treatment for leukemia

15 young scientists receive Damon Runyon Fellowship Award to pursue cancer research

Avoiding care during the pandemic could mean life or death

Managing cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Compounds demonstrate promising activity against tuberculosis

Women receiving treatment for cancers are not at increased of being hospitalized for COVID-19

Two young scientists receive Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award

Scientists are developing AI tools that can benefit certain cancer patients

Pathological regression of lymph nodes better predicts survival in esophageal cancer patients

First CAR T-cell therapy for mantle cell lymphoma receives FDA approval

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