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Simultaneous radiation, immunotherapy beneficial for subset of lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In many cancer types, cancer cells try to survive by escaping attack from the immune system. These cancer cells hijack mechanisms called immune checkpoints to trick the immune system into thinking they are healthy cells. Recent advances in cancer treatment have focused on developing immune c
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Cancer fighting nanoparticles deliver a chemotherapy drug, immunotherapy:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers found and developed nanoparticles that simultaneously carry chemotherapy and a new immunotherapy. Chemotherapy is a pillar of cancer treatment, but residual cancer cells can persist and cause tumor relapse.
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Research: Innovative cancer chemoimmunotherapy provided by novel nanoparti
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy.
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Study suggests protein plays a key role in immunotherapy
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study found protein is crucial in helping malignancies avoid immune attacks. The "fragile X mental retardation protein" (FMRP) is a protein that controls a network of genes and cells in the tumor microenvironment that help the tumor "hidden" from immune cells.
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Specific immune cells cause myocarditis in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center identified particular immune cells that cause lethal cardiac damage in a small subsection of cancer immunotherapy patients.
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Healthy gut microbiome improves success of cancer treatment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The largest study to date has confirmed the link between the gut microbiome and the response to cancer immunotherapy therapy for melanoma.
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Study finds treatment options for patients whose blood cancer relapses aft
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study discovered new treatments that can assist patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, who have tried the immunotherapy CAR-T but have experienced relapses.
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Researchers find ways immunotherapy affects COVID-19 outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a connection between COVID-19 severity and immunotherapy for cancer patient and shared more information.
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Researchers find treatment options for patients whose blood cancer relapse
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have identified therapies that can help patients with multiple myeloma blood cancer who try an immunotherapy known as CAR-T only to find their cancer returning afterwards.
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Study investigates how immunotherapy affects COVID-19 outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study led by a University of Cincinnati researcher provides more clarity on how immunotherapy treatment for patients with cancer affects COVID-19 severity.
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Researchers reveal new strategy delivering immunotherapy medicines to trea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kingston [Jamaica], October 18 (ANI): Researchers have revealed a potential new strategy of administering immunotherapy medicines to treat cancer.
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Mediterranean diet improves immunotherapy response rates, progression-free
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], October 10 (ANI): A Mediterranean diet high in fibre, monounsaturated fatty acids, and polyphenols has been linked to improved immunotherapy response rates and progression-free survival in patients with advanced melanoma, according to a new study.
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