December 11, 2024, by Nadia Jaber Researchers have engineered a strain of the bacteria E. coli, called Nissle 1917, in two different ways to be forms of immunotherapy. Both approaches shrank tumors in mice. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and…
December 13, 2024, by Sharon Reynolds Two studies examined whether a tool called SSPedi could help young patients being treated for cancer report their symptoms. Credit: iStock/Addictive Stock The simple act of asking young patients about their symptoms regularly during cancer…
December 19, 2024, by Edward Winstead The targeted drug cetuximab, which is infused into a vein, outperformed the immunotherapy drug durvalumab in a clinical trial involving people with head and neck cancer. Credit: iStock/SeventyFour The chemotherapy drug cisplatin, combined…
December 20, 2024, by Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D. NCI Director As 2024 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what’s transpired in cancer and cancer research over the past year. Yesterday, in fact, marked…
January 2, 2025, by Linda Wang Imaging scans of a patient with a tumor in the spinal cord (left panel, red outline) whose tumor shrank by 90% (right panel, arrow) 9 months after starting GD2 CAR T-cell therapy. Credit: Nature.…
January 7, 2025, by Daryl McGrath Both daratumumab and isatuximab are cancer drugs known as monoclonal antibodies (blue). Both drugs target the same protein, CD38, which is often found in large amounts on multiple myeloma cells. Credit: iStock/mirror-images Two recent…
January 14, 2025, by Nadia Jaber A new study has found that some cancer cells indirectly use fructose to help them grow, relying on the liver to consume fructose and convert it into specific fats, which the cancer cells then…
January 15, 2025, by Edward Winstead People diagnosed with lung cancer are often faced with the stigma of the disease’s association with smoking, causing them to experience feelings of guilt and shame. Credit: iStock/nadia_bormotova For people with a history of…
September 2, 2020 Genetics Home Reference has become part of MedlinePlus. Information from Genetics Home Reference is now available in the “Genetics” section of MedlinePlus. The Genetics Home Reference pages included in MedlinePlus cover more than 1,300 genetic conditions and…
American Cancer Society and ACS CAN Commends U.S. Surgeon General’s Efforts to Increase Awareness and Reduce Alcohol-related Cancer Source link
