Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute and AstraZeneca combined drug response data with CRISPR genetic screens across hundreds of cancer cell lines to better understand how drugs target cancer cells.
Researchers found that the Fasting Mimicking Diet for breast cancer patients may help make chemotherapy work better and potentially help to shield healthy cells from damage while undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network published NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Immunotherapy Side Effects—Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.
FDA has launched Project Patient Voice, an initiative of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence that aims to communicate patient-reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials, making them more accessible to the public.
Black patients are better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials testing new cancer treatments compared to trials run by pharmaceutical companies, according to a study conducted by SWOG Cancer Research Network, a member of NCI's National Clinical Trials Network.
A computer algorithm improved the accuracy and efficiency of cervical cancer screening compared with cytology, the current standard for follow-up of women who test positive with primary human papillomavirus screening.
The phase III IPATential150 study met its co-primary endpoint of radiographic progression-free survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and whose tumors had PTEN loss.
Scientists at City of Hope, working in collaboration with researchers at Translational Genomics Research Institute and other colleagues have found that the actions of circulating immune cells at the start of immunotherapy treatment for cancer can inform how a patient will respond to the therapy.
University of Illinois College of Medicine researchers have developed an epigenetic-based approach that helps detect non-small cell lung cancer through liquid biopsies using urine and plasma.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers found that an online program developed specifically for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors can significantly alleviate insomnia and improve overall quality of life.
