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Targeted therapies could exploit unique metabolic features of pancreatic cancer cells

Probing the unique biology of human pancreatic cancer cells in a laboratory has yielded unexpected insights of a weakness that can be used against the cells to kill them.

7 May 2021

Researchers report encouraging results from experimental antiviral targeting Marburg virus

The Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus, causes a serious, often-fatal hemorrhagic fever. Transmitted by the African fruit bat and by direct human-to-human contact, Marburg virus disease currently has no approved vaccine or antivirals to prevent or treat it.

7 May 2021

Researchers describe the key facet of sexual determination in mammalian models

Early in human development, during the first trimester of gestation, a fetus may have XX or XY chromosomes that indicate its sex. Yet at this stage a mass of cells known as the bipotential gonad that ultimately develops into either ovaries or testes has yet to commit to its final destiny.

7 May 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection prolongs viral shedding and lymphocyte loss in patients with cancer

Patients with cancer have a more challenging time with infections while undergoing treatment — placing them as high-risk for severe COVID-19 illness and death. However, how the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) interacts with cancer therapies remains poorly understood.

7 May 2021

New strategy could increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments

New research led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost tumors' intake of cancer drugs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments.

7 May 2021

UMass Amherst researchers achieve breakthrough in the fight against cancer

A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer.

6 May 2021

Novel CBD analog alleviates pain in mouse model of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

For patients with chronic pain, ineffective treatments, lowered work productivity, and other factors often coalesce, fueling feelings of hopelessness and anxiety and setting the stage for even bigger problems, including substance use disorders.

5 May 2021

Study identifies novel combination therapy to help patients with advanced lung cancer

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a novel combination therapy to potentially help overcome resistance to immunotherapy in people diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

5 May 2021

New combination treatment could benefit T-ALL patients who do not respond to chemotherapy

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is an aggressive cancer type that mostly affects children. The standard treatment is chemotherapy, but about one in four patients do not respond or develop resistance to this.

4 May 2021

Cancer researchers receive $3 million NCI grant to study cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy

Cancer researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Indiana University received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy.

4 May 2021

Researchers develop new technology to reduce high error rates in gene sequencing

Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies --in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed-- theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify mutations in the blood stream.

4 May 2021

New drug class effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers

A study published today in Nature Communications shows that the drug rucaparib has been effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers if used early in treatment, after a diagnosis, and before the cancer cells build up a resistance to chemotherapy.

4 May 2021

Rucaparib drug is effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers, shows study

4 May 2021

New NCCN patient guidelines on anemia and neutropenia published

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network announced today the publication of new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Anemia and Neutropenia, Low Red and White Blood Cell Counts funded by the NCCN Foundation and endorsed by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

3 May 2021

Chemotherapy drugs delivered via nanoparticles could improve bowel cancer survival rates

Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment.

3 May 2021

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust first to offer treatment in cancer patients’ homes

One of Europe’s largest cancer centres, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, has become the first in the country to provide a treatment called Phesgo for breast cancer patients in their own homes. Phesgo is a combination of Herceptin

30 Apr 2021

Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment

After patients with cancer undergo surgery to remove a tumor and sometimes additional chemotherapy, tools are used to identify patients at highest risk of recurrence.

30 Apr 2021

Novel compound in avocados may offer a route to better leukemia treatment

A compound in avocados may ultimately offer a route to better leukemia treatment, says a new University of Guelph study.

29 Apr 2021

Involuntary job changes are frequent among breast cancer patients

Breast cancer diagnosis: Around 88 percent of patients survive the dangerous disease in the first five years. Work is important for getting back to normality.

28 Apr 2021

NUS study identifies protein that could be targeted to overcome chemoresistance in cancer

Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cancer cells in the body. It is a systemic treatment where drugs travel throughout the body and destroy cancer cells that have spread (metastasized) to parts of the body far away from the original (primary) tumor.

27 Apr 2021

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Targeted therapies could exploit unique metabolic features of pancreatic cancer cells

Researchers report encouraging results from experimental antiviral targeting Marburg virus

Researchers describe the key facet of sexual determination in mammalian models

SARS-CoV-2 infection prolongs viral shedding and lymphocyte loss in patients with cancer

New strategy could increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments

UMass Amherst researchers achieve breakthrough in the fight against cancer

Novel CBD analog alleviates pain in mouse model of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Study identifies novel combination therapy to help patients with advanced lung cancer

New combination treatment could benefit T-ALL patients who do not respond to chemotherapy

Cancer researchers receive $3 million NCI grant to study cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy

Researchers develop new technology to reduce high error rates in gene sequencing

New drug class effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers

Rucaparib drug is effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers, shows study

New NCCN patient guidelines on anemia and neutropenia published

Chemotherapy drugs delivered via nanoparticles could improve bowel cancer survival rates

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust first to offer treatment in cancer patients’ homes

Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment

Novel compound in avocados may offer a route to better leukemia treatment

Involuntary job changes are frequent among breast cancer patients

NUS study identifies protein that could be targeted to overcome chemoresistance in cancer

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