A new treatment approach developed at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown promising results in a phase I clinical trial for patients with triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive type of breast cancer. Results of the study are newly reported in The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.
Scientific progress often follows a prolonged path, but bioentrepreneur Samy Lamouille believes his dedication toward this pursuit will ultimately pay off for brain cancer patients.
Clinical and real-world data for the 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil 9, evaluating the burden and incidence of certain HPV-related cancers and diseases, were presented at the International Papillomavirus Conference 2024 in Edinburgh, UK, from Nov. 12-15.
Only half of people with early-onset cancers reported discussing fertility preservation options prior to their oncology treatments, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.
A research team led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators has shown that combining pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, with standard chemotherapy can improve treatment outcomes for patients with small cell bladder cancer and small cell/neuroendocrine prostate cancer.
Addition of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to standard of care for patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma of the limb significantly improved disease-free survival, according to the results of the SU2C-SARC032 clinical trial led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Duke University, and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.Â
Stand Up To Cancer and Johnson & Johnson announced a collaboration aimed at supporting research testing a combination of two types of targeted therapies, teclistamab and daratumumab, to treat a rare disease called AL amyloidosis.
A trio of research papers from Stanford Medicine researchers and their international collaborators transforms scientists’ understanding of how small DNA circles—until recently, dismissed as inconsequential—are major drivers of many types of human cancers.
Promising preliminary results from an ongoing investigator-initiated phase I clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a combined regimen of Keytrua (pembrolizumab) and Lymphir (denileukin diftitox-cxdl or E7777) in patients with recurrent solid tumors were announced.
Researchers from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center found evidence that simultaneously targeting the innate and adaptive immune systems holds promise for treating aggressive colon cancer cases. The study has found evidence that targeting CD47, a protein that is part of the innate immune system, could be a key step in fighting colorectal cancer.
