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Tuesday, Dec 9

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The Race to Find Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Patients Faster

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Figuring out who to screen could change the game. This discovery is getting us closer.

Disarming cancer stem cells' shield makes immunotherapy more effective

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Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care by training the immune system to detect and destroy tumors. For many patients, it works very well in shrinking tumors and sending cancer into remission, an undetectable state of cancer. But that…

Time of day crucial for cancer immunotherapy treatments

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Lung cancer patients who received IV immunotherapy doses earlier in the day tended to live longer, researchers reported in a new study.

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BioNTech-Bristol Drug Shows Hope For Breast Cancer Patients With Few Options

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BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) and Bristol Myers Squibb & Co. (NYSE:BMY) on Tuesday shared the first interim data from a global randomized Phase 2 trial of pumitamig (BNT327/BMS986545) plus chemotherapy for locally advanced/metastatic triple…

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Exicure Rally Fueled By Rapid Cell-Boosting Results In Blood Cancer Trial

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Exicure shares trade higher after Phase 2 data show nearly 90% of patients reached key cell collection targets using its burixafor combination in multiple myeloma.

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Russia moves forward with production of series of cancer vaccines

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The vaccine is meant for adult patients with inoperable or metastatic melanoma

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Cancer Institute gets VR, AI platform for pain rehabilitation

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The equipment uses headsets, and sometimes game controllers, to immerse patients in calming or educational environments, reducing pain, anxiety, and nausea during chemotherapy and improving understanding of treatments such as radiation…

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The incredible blood cancer breakthrough revealed: Doctors say it's the 'most effective treatment they've ever seen' for deadly illness - now they tell of trials and everything you need to know

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A revolutionary immune therapy that uses the body's own defences to fight illness has cured patients with the blood cancer ­multiple myeloma - the first treatment to do so.

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Home-based monitoring could transform care for patients receiving T-cell redirecting therapies

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Patients who receive T-cell redirecting therapies are typically hospitalized for several days after treatment to watch for side effects. Now new research by Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians shows that these patients can safely be…

Weight-loss jabs could have hidden benefit for breast cancer patients

Researchers found a link between the hormone estrone and breast cancer deaths in postmenopausal women

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Powerful prognostic marker could enable early identification of high-risk cancer patients

Aggressive T-cell lymphoma is a rare and devastating form of blood cancer with a very low five-year survival rate.

Most T-cell/histocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma patients can safely receive a less toxic treatment

Most patients with a rare and aggressive form of large B-cell lymphoma can safely receive a less toxic treatment than the intensive chemotherapy often used, according to new research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the…

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GLP-1 receptor agonists likely have little or no effect on obesity-related cancer risk, research shows

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A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the risk for obesity-related cancer associated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) or overweight or obesity.

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Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients

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Aggressive T-cell lymphoma is a rare and devastating form of blood cancer with a very low five-year survival rate. Patients often relapse after receiving initial therapy, making it especially challenging for clinicians to keep this…

‘At 13, I thought my leukaemia was incurable. But a new treatment has made me cancer-free’

Almost two thirds of the patients involved in the study now remain disease free, researchers say

Pioneering new treatment reverses incurable blood cancer in some patients

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Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.

Innovative therapy gives hope to patients whose blood cancer ‘seemed incurable’

Almost two thirds of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia involved in a clinical trial of the treatment are now disease-free.

Innovative therapy gives hope to patients whose blood cancer ‘seemed incurable’

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Almost two thirds of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia involved in a clinical trial of the treatment are now disease-free.

Innovative therapy gives hope to patients whose blood cancer ‘seemed incurable’

Almost two thirds of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia involved in a clinical trial of the treatment are now disease-free.