Exact Sciences Corp. presented three abstracts highlighting advancements in the development of a multi-cancer early detection test at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference in Cancer Research: Liquid Biopsy from Nov. 13-16, in San Diego, CA.
Researchers at City of Hope found that taking white button mushroom pills reduces a class of immune cells called myeloid-derived suppressor cells, which has been linked to cancer development and spread.
In a phase II clinical trial, a research team led by Nilofer Azad, professor of oncology and co-leader of the Kimmel Cancer Center’s Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Program, and Marina Baretti, the Jiasheng Chair in Hepato-Biliary Cancer at the Kimmel Cancer Center, tested the safety and efficacy of the combination of two drugs: an immunotherapy, nivolumab, and an epigenetic drug, entinostat—a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in identifying skin cancers as having a dermatologist examine them in person, a new study shows.
A research team at UVA Health is testing the ability of focused ultrasound to increase the immune response to immunotherapy in melanoma. UVA’s work with focused ultrasound already has led to life-changing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor and pushed the technology to the forefront of medical research.
A group of investigators led by Cedars-Sinai have developed and successfully tested a new artificial intelligence method to make launching cancer clinical trials easier and faster. The method uses patients’ pathology reports to automate the classification of patients by the severity of their cancers, potentially shortening the process of selecting candidates for clinical trials.
One-third of HER2-positive tumors express the P95HER2 protein, which associates with an aggressive form of breast cancer with a poorer prognosis. Investigators of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology’s Growth Factors Group, in collaboration with researchers of the Cancer Research Program of Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, have developed novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy that can produce a potent antitumor response against p95HER2-expressing cells.
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.
