(MedPage Today) -- Following the FDA's lead, the European Medicines Agency will require labeling for CAR T-cell therapies to include a notice about a risk of second malignancies and that patients receiving the therapies should be monitored…
A mum has shared the heartbreaking moment she discovered her 12-year-old son's back pain was actually cancer - and launched a community fundraising effort to help other young patients.
An innovative study of a breast cancer vaccine is officially underway, as University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced on June 20 that the first participant had received her full course of the vaccine.
One of the first signs of bladder cancer can be blood in the urine (hematuria). Investigators developed and analyzed the results of a streamlined and simplified DNA-based urine test to improve the accuracy of early detection of bladder…
This study is led by Professor Junnian Zheng and Ming Shi from the Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical University, together with the team of Professor Guiyun Cui and Wei Zhang from the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University.
McKesson Corporation's (NYSE: MCK) Biologics by McKesson, its independent specialty pharmacy specializing in oncology and rare disease areas, has been selected by Accord BioPharma, Inc. as an exclusive specialty pharmacy provider for…
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare progressive liver disease that damages bile ducts and significantly increases the risk of bile duct cancer, particularly a type called cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). This cancer is aggressive, and…
Because not all cancer patients respond to a leading type of cancer immunotherapy drug, known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor, scientists explored whether adding janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors – drugs that treat chronic inflammation –…
Patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy both before and after surgery experienced longer survival rates than would be expected from surgery followed by chemotherapy, according to a new study.
One of the first signs of bladder cancer can be blood in the urine (hematuria). Investigators developed and analyzed the results of a streamlined and simplified DNA-based urine test to improve the accuracy of early detection of bladder…
Patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy both before and after surgery experienced longer survival rates than would be expected from surgery followed by chemotherapy, according to a new study from researchers at Yale…
Checkpoint inhibitor therapies can be thought of as the molecular "brake release" for the immune system. These drugs eliminate the protein barriers that impede the immune system from recognizing and targeting cancer cells in the body.…
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare progressive liver disease that damages bile ducts and significantly increases the risk of bile duct cancer, particularly a type called cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).
Black patients are more likely to experience adverse cardiovascular outcomes after systemic androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, according to a study published online June 18 in JACC: CardioOncology.
Research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine finds improvements in survival in both veterans and men across the country over the last 20 years in metastatic prostate cancer, which correlate with new hormonal treatments.