Cortechs.ai and EDAP TMS SA announced the successful completion of the world’s first OnQ Prostate-assisted Focal One Robotic HIFU procedure at the University of California, San Francisco Prostate Center.
A phase III clinical trial co-led by a researcher at UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center showcases the promise of administering immunotherapy along with chemotherapy before surgery in patients with breast cancer at high risk of spreading.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage 3 or 4 clear cell renal cell carcinoma generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine.
Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, according to a study led by investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
A study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators provides evidence that thyroid cancer continues to be overdiagnosed and that aggressive screening and treatment of thyroid cancer has not led to higher survival rates.
The inherited mutated gene WNT9B, which functions normally in embryonic prostate development, increases risk of adult prostate cancer, according to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in JCO Precision Oncology.
Researchers at University of California San Diego have discovered how healthy stem cells are transformed into cancer stem cells in the earliest stages of the disease. The study was published in Nature Communications.
Researchers at Vanderbilt and the University of Michigan have shown that an at-home urine test for prostate cancer screening is highly accurate.
The lab of The Wistar Institute’s Jessie Villanueva has identified a new strategy for attacking treatment-resistant melanoma: inhibiting the gene S6K2. The team published their findings in the paper at the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer harboring BRAF V600E mutations benefitted from first-line treatment with the targeted therapies Braftovi(encorafenib) and Erbitux(cetuximab) plus a mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen, according to results from the phase III BREAKWATER trial led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
