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Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Better treatments for some of cancer's deadliest forms could be closer due to a University of California, Irvine-led discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells.

19 Jul 2022

Best available chemotherapy for HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma would save lives and be cost-effective in Africa

Although antiretroviral therapy has markedly improved survival in people with AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma (a type of cancer caused by a virus), the condition is still a life-threatening problem in low- and middle-income countries.

15 Jul 2022

Biochemist finds new way to protect healthy leukocytes during chemotherapy

A biochemist from RUDN and IBMC has found a way to protect healthy leukocytes during leukemia chemotherapy. Small nitrogen-containing polyamine molecules give the necessary protection.

14 Jul 2022

Addition of brentuximab vedotin to chemotherapy has a positive impact for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

A study led by researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that the addition of brentuximab vedotin to standard chemotherapy treatment improves overall survival in patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma, when compared to the current standard of chemotherapy alone.

14 Jul 2022

Stem cell transplantation produces prolonged survival with improved safety in patients with AL amyloidosis

AL amyloidosis is a life-threatening disease related to bone marrow cancer, multiple myeloma. It is caused when a person's antibody-producing white blood cells (i.e. plasma cells) do not function properly and generate abnormal protein which misfolds to form amyloid fibrils and deposits made of components of antibodies called light chains, which then deposit in various organs of the body.

14 Jul 2022

Hitting rewind on the spread of pancreatic cancer

News-Medical speaks to Linxiang Lan, a staff scientist at The Institute of Cancer Research, about a fundamental discovery that could pave way for new pancreatic cancer treatments.

14 Jul 2022

Study: Certain genetic features predispose lung cancer patients to develop immunotherapy side effects

Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, accounting for an estimated 1.8 million deaths worldwide.

14 Jul 2022

Bioactive compounds in a marine sponge show potential to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A research group led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil, has identified a number of bioactive compounds in a marine sponge collected on Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago about 400 km off the coast of Brazil's Northeast region.

13 Jul 2022

Study uncovers a new defense mechanism used by the immune system to combat Candida infections

Of all the fungi that live in the human body, the most infamous is probably the yeast Candida. This distant cousin of baker's yeast is notorious for causing various types of thrush that can be a major nuisance, but it can also lead to an invasive infection that may, on occasion, prove fatal.

13 Jul 2022

New material for surgical dressings can be heated to kill melanoma cells but not other cells around it

Scientists from the University of Nottingham have combined graphene oxide, elastin, and ethanol to develop a new method to make this material conductive so it can be heated to kill melanoma cells but not other cells around it.

13 Jul 2022

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted prescribing pancreatic enzyme replacement to people with unresectable pancreatic cancer?

Researchers evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rates of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) prescribing in England.

13 Jul 2022

Death from retinoblastoma is more common among children in low-income countries

Children with the eye cancer retinoblastoma in a low-income country are at 16 times higher risk of dying at any time within three years of diagnosis than those in high-income countries, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health.

13 Jul 2022

How common is pediatric cannabis use and what are the risks?

New research evaluated the recent usage of marijuana and its derivative products, their effects and clinical manifestations, perceptions, pharmaceutics, epidemiological studies, and the long-term ramifications in pediatric populations.

12 Jul 2022

Network-based machine learning method helps predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a new cancer treatment that activates the body's immune system to fight against cancer cells without using chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

12 Jul 2022

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

9 Jul 2022

Clinical trial examining the combination of atezolizumab and chemoradiation for patients with limited-stage SCLC reaches accrual

The NRG Oncology/Alliance clinical trial NRG-LU005, examining the addition of the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab combined with chemoradiation for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) recently reached the trial's accrual goal of 506 patients.

8 Jul 2022

Rare Cells Capable of Transforming into Leukemia may Provide new Insight into Leukemic Landscape

In our latest interview, News Medical speaks to Adam G. Schrum, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery at the University of Missouri, about how dysfunction in an unusual type of thymocyte cell may develop into leukemia in some patients.

8 Jul 2022

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Best available chemotherapy for HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma would save lives and be cost-effective in Africa

Biochemist finds new way to protect healthy leukocytes during chemotherapy

Addition of brentuximab vedotin to chemotherapy has a positive impact for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

Stem cell transplantation produces prolonged survival with improved safety in patients with AL amyloidosis

Hitting rewind on the spread of pancreatic cancer

Study: Certain genetic features predispose lung cancer patients to develop immunotherapy side effects

Bioactive compounds in a marine sponge show potential to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Study uncovers a new defense mechanism used by the immune system to combat Candida infections

New material for surgical dressings can be heated to kill melanoma cells but not other cells around it

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted prescribing pancreatic enzyme replacement to people with unresectable pancreatic cancer?

Death from retinoblastoma is more common among children in low-income countries

How common is pediatric cannabis use and what are the risks?

Network-based machine learning method helps predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

Clinical trial examining the combination of atezolizumab and chemoradiation for patients with limited-stage SCLC reaches accrual

Rare Cells Capable of Transforming into Leukemia may Provide new Insight into Leukemic Landscape

Researchers find a way to kill recurring prostate cancer with a lot of iron

Vaccination against smallpox efficiently protects against monkeypox infection

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation names five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators

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