Tag: Cancer Research
Why Do Cancer Patients Relapse After Immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy has given oncologists and cancer patients new options for treating their disease. It utilizes the powerful immune system to fight cancer in a...
How Are Researchers Improving Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer?
A recent study published in Nature Medicine reveals new ways to determine which cancer patients will respond best to immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors. This...
This Vaccine Triggers the Immune System to Treat Cancer
A study led by Dr. Joshua Brody of Icahn School of Medicine in New York City revealed that a new immunotherapy treatment involving vaccines...
New Approach to Treating Pancreatic Cancer May Finally Offer Hope
According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 56,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, and 45,000 of them will not survive....
New Wearable Device Could Accurately Detect Cancer
Biopsies are currently the best way to detect cancer, but they're invasive, uncomfortable, and can take a while to come back. Researchers have long...
New Cancer Probe May Detect Melanoma in Seconds
Melanoma is the most dangerous kind of skin cancer, and it takes the lives of more than 9,000 Americans each year. It's highly treatable...
How Scientists Use Lab-Grown Tumors to Improve Cancer Treatments
Researchers out of the UCLA Comprehensive Cancer Center are now using miniature lab-grown tumors to test a plethora of cancer treatments and find the...
Universal Cancer Test Detects Malignant Cells in 10 Minutes
A research team from the University of Queensland in Australia has created a groundbreaking test that quickly and accurately detects malignant cells in the...
Here’s What You Should Know About Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy has been changing the way the world looks at cancer. Previously, we had only three options when it came to destroying cancer: cut,...
Report Shows U.S. Cancer Deaths on Major Decline
A new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) is out, and it reveals some great news. Although cancer is still the second-leading cause...
