An experimental cancer vaccine developed at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy has shown early promise in a Phase I clinical trial for a rare form of liver cancer that…
GP Dr Leen Tannous has shared a video on TikTok busting common myths about what routine blood tests can and cannot detect, including cancer. Users had a range of views in the comments
'One of the biggest misconceptions I see as a GP is the belief that if something serious - especially cancer - was going on, it would automatically show up on a routine blood test'
Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 24: St. Jude India ChildCare Centres, in partnership with Tata Memorial Centre's ACTREC, today inaugurated its largest 'home away from home'…
"I said to myself at that moment, 'When this is done, I'm going to go out there and see as much of the world as I can, meet as many people as I can, and take in as many experiences I can,' " then-cancer patient Ashvin Lad told The Post.
Despite recommendations for posttreatment surveillance in lung cancer patients, there is wide variability in the follow-up care that lung cancer patients receive. A recent study, led by senior author Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, Professor of…
(MedPage Today) -- Enrollment has begun in a first-of-its kind telehealth-based study that will evaluate a promising investigational therapy for selected patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. (The Ohio State University Comprehensive…
Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest form of cancer worldwide, mainly because the disease is often discovered late. Symptoms associated with these tumors are often non-specific, so patients and doctors do not immediately suspect cancer.…
Despite recommendations for posttreatment surveillance in lung cancer patients, there is wide variability in the follow-up care that lung cancer patients receive. A recent study, led by senior author Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, Professor of…
In a study of nearly 1,000 consecutive patients treated for lung cancer at Northwestern Medicine, researchers discovered only 35% would have qualified for screening, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening…
A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows that a specific subset of mutations in the POLE gene is strongly associated with durable responses to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic…