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Study investigates the interplay between acute stress and placebo effects in nausea

Researchers investigated the interplay between acute stress and placebo effects on nausea.

21 Jun 2023

$3.3M HHS grant supports UTHealth Houston study on combination treatment strategy for pancreatic cancer

A combination strategy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer will be studied at UTHealth Houston through a $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

20 Jun 2023

UTHSC researchers receive major national award to find new treatments for breast cancer metastasis

UTHSC researchers working to find new treatments to combat breast cancer metastasis recently pulled in a major national award.

20 Jun 2023

Radiation combined with cancer-targeting virus therapy more effective in fighting brain tumors

Combining a cancer-targeting virus with radiation to treat brain cancer in mice was more effective than either therapy on its own according to University of Alberta research, providing hope for new treatments that combine immunotherapy with traditional surgery, chemotherapy or radiation.

20 Jun 2023

$Fruquintinib improved survival in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer$

Fruquintinib improved survival in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported study results showing that the targeted therapy fruquintinib significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

16 Jun 2023

Substance P neuropeptides' role in post-COVID-19 conditions suggested in recent study

Scientists review available evidence on the association between post-COVID-19 conditions and tachykinins.

15 Jun 2023

New and significant breakthrough made to detect brain tumors

Folate-based radiopharmaceuticals can be used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect folate receptors in brain tumors.

15 Jun 2023

New base-edited T-cells proven effective to treat lymphoblastic leukemia

Three young patients with relapsed T-cell leukemia have now been treated with base-edited T-cells, as part of a 'bench-to-bedside' collaboration between UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).

15 Jun 2023

Older breast cancer survivors show greater epigenetic aging than same-aged people without cancer

In a new multi-center study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) joined with leading cancer centers from across the nation to examine whether cancer and its treatments accelerate aging.

14 Jun 2023

Breast cancer drug development work moves forward with support from STTR grant

Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with worse survival outcomes than most.

14 Jun 2023

OICR funding to help six Ontario-based research teams improve the lives of cancer patients

Funding announced today by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) will help six Ontario-based research teams pursue their ultimate goal of improving the lives of people with cancer.

14 Jun 2023

Researchers identify a potential breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment

In a recently published manuscript, Howard Colman, MD, PhD, Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Professor of Neuro-Oncology and co-leader of the Neurologic Cancers Disease Center and the Experimental Therapeutics CCSG program at Huntsman Cancer Institute, identified a potential breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment.

12 Jun 2023

Researchers discover how a sugar molecule can affect cancer cell response to chemoradiotherapy

Researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues who have been exploring the complexities of biochemical pathways involved in cancer development have found that a form of glucose, a type of sugar, is intricately linked to a pathway used to build DNA molecules.

12 Jun 2023

Intelligent wound dressing material could bring pain relief to burn patients

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and other problems, University of Waterloo researchers have created a new type of wound dressing material using advanced polymers.

10 Jun 2023

Black, Hispanic breast cancer survivors have higher mortality risk after a second malignancy

Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black female survivors of breast cancer experience higher death rates after being diagnosed with a second primary cancer than members of other ethnic and racial groups, according to recent research from investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

9 Jun 2023

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Study investigates the interplay between acute stress and placebo effects in nausea

$3.3M HHS grant supports UTHealth Houston study on combination treatment strategy for pancreatic cancer

UTHSC researchers receive major national award to find new treatments for breast cancer metastasis

Radiation combined with cancer-targeting virus therapy more effective in fighting brain tumors

Fruquintinib improved survival in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer

Substance P neuropeptides' role in post-COVID-19 conditions suggested in recent study

New and significant breakthrough made to detect brain tumors

New base-edited T-cells proven effective to treat lymphoblastic leukemia

Older breast cancer survivors show greater epigenetic aging than same-aged people without cancer

Breast cancer drug development work moves forward with support from STTR grant

OICR funding to help six Ontario-based research teams improve the lives of cancer patients

Researchers identify a potential breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment

Researchers discover how a sugar molecule can affect cancer cell response to chemoradiotherapy

Intelligent wound dressing material could bring pain relief to burn patients

Black, Hispanic breast cancer survivors have higher mortality risk after a second malignancy

Assessing the role of Docetaxel post-chemoimmunotherapy for patients with NSCLC

Targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer provides benefit to patients after surgery

Promising targeted therapy offers new hope to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Single dose of anti-Müllerian hormone gene therapy can induce long-term contraception in domestic cats

New type of wound dressing could enhance the healing process for burn patients

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