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Adding abemaciclib to hormonal therapy reduces recurrence in patients with HR+ HER2- early breast cancer

Adding abemaciclib to hormonal therapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence by 25% in patients with high-risk early hormone receptor positive (HR+) human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer, according to results from a study at ESMO 2020.

21 Sep 2020

Drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can transform treatment for prostate cancer

A drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can extend the lives of some men with prostate cancer and should become a new standard treatment for the disease, concludes a major trial which is set to change clinical practice.

21 Sep 2020

Trial shows new first-line treatment option for patients with metastatic kidney cancer

The results of the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial have provided a new first-line treatment option for patients with metastatic kidney cancer. The late breaking results are presented at ESMO 2020.

19 Sep 2020

Enhancing the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy for cancer

For most people, there is no scarier diagnosis than that of cancer. While treatments including chemotherapy and radiotherapy have been used since the 1940s and late 1800s, respectively, immunotherapy has more recently emerged as a viable and successful approach to cancer treatment.

18 Sep 2020

Cory Gardner’s bill has as much to do with politics as preexisting conditions

Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican running in a tight race for reelection in Colorado, says he wants to protect people with medical conditions.

18 Sep 2020

Cellular recyclers could be used to eliminate the driver of cancer's aggressiveness

"Do not erase." "Recycle me." "Free to a good home." Humans post these signs to indicate whether something has value or not, whether it should be disposed of or not.

18 Sep 2020

PPI use linked to worse outcomes in urothelial cancer patients treated with atezolizumab

Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use was associated with worse outcomes in patients with urothelial cancer treated with the immunotherapeutic atezolizumab (Tecentriq), compared with patients who did not use PPIs.

17 Sep 2020

Higher viral loads can increase mortality rate in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and cancer

Higher viral loads are associated with a greater risk of death among cancer and non-cancer patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), researchers report September 15 in the journal Cancer Cell.

17 Sep 2020

Study shows how the body's immune system finds intruding or damaged cells

Research led by Dr. Wonmuk Hwang has led to better understanding on how components of the body's immune system find intruding or damaged cells, which could lead to novel approaches to viral and cancer treatments.

17 Sep 2020

PARP enzymes can bring two broken DNA ends together, shows study

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified the structure of double-strand DNA break repair by PARP enzymes. The findings show that PARP2 can bridge the gap, bringing two broken DNA ends together.

16 Sep 2020

Study provides insight into lymphomagenesis and patterns of resistance to immunotherapy

Lymphomas are a diverse group of cancers of the immune system, which is the body's primary defense against autoimmune disease, infections, and malignancy.

16 Sep 2020

Researchers and clinicians share findings on ovarian cancer

After nearly four years of work, a group of researchers and clinicians from the University of Colorado (CU) published a paper this week in the Clinical Cancer Research that shares findings from research looking at how the composition of ovarian cancer tumors changes during chemotherapy and contributes to therapeutic response.

16 Sep 2020

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Adding abemaciclib to hormonal therapy reduces recurrence in patients with HR+ HER2- early breast cancer

Drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can transform treatment for prostate cancer

Trial shows new first-line treatment option for patients with metastatic kidney cancer

Enhancing the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy for cancer

Cory Gardner’s bill has as much to do with politics as preexisting conditions

Cellular recyclers could be used to eliminate the driver of cancer's aggressiveness

PPI use linked to worse outcomes in urothelial cancer patients treated with atezolizumab

Higher viral loads can increase mortality rate in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and cancer

Study shows how the body's immune system finds intruding or damaged cells

PARP enzymes can bring two broken DNA ends together, shows study

Study provides insight into lymphomagenesis and patterns of resistance to immunotherapy

Researchers and clinicians share findings on ovarian cancer

Tobacco smoking linked to worse outcomes for bladder cancer patients after surgery

New biomarker can reliably predict aggressiveness of biliary tract cancer

WSU researchers use soy to improve post-operative treatment of bone cancer

New clinical trial shows combination of two innovative precision medicines could treat multiple cancers

New nanomedicine is efficient and less aggressive than conventional prostate cancer therapy

Combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer

UofL receives $11.5 million to accelerate the development of new immunotherapies

Researchers develop new PET imaging agent that spotlights inflammation

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