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Memory killer cells may improve melanoma patients' chances of survival: St
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Long-lasting killer cells are present in our skin and act as a defence against intruders. Researchers from Denmark's University of Copenhagen and Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have now discovered how these cells are formed and demonstrated that higher concentrations of memory killer cells i
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Study says memory killer cells can improve melanoma patients' chances of s
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Specialised long-lasting killer cells are present in our skin and serve as a defence against invaders. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now determined how these cells are created and demonstrated that higher concentrations
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Study reveals how immunotherapy treatment produces exceptional response i
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A startling 89 per cent of desmoplastic melanoma patients in a nationwide clinical study responded to immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) alone, indicating that many patients could avoid the potential side effects of combination therapies and achieve disease control with this course of treatment.
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Researchers reveal why cancer patients do not react to immunotherapy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Cancer treatment has transformed thanks to immunotherapy. The five-year survival rate for advanced melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, has climbed from less than 10% to more than 50% since the development of immunotherapy in 2011. Sadly, immunotherapy only works on about half of mel
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Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cell
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients r
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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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Study finds high-fibre diet linked to improved response to immunotherapy i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US] January 9 (ANI): According to a new study by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, melanoma patients who ate more fibre during immunotherapy, survived longer without cancer growth.
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Research: High-fiber diet associated with improved response to immunothera
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): Patients with melanoma who reported eating more fibre-rich foods when they began immunotherapy treatment survived longer without cancer growth than patients with insufficient dietary fibre intake, according to new research from the University of Texas MD And
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Study finds dietary fibre improves outcomes for melanoma patients on immun
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Oregan [US], December 25 (ANI): According to a study, melanoma patients receiving therapy that makes it easier for their immune system to kill cancer cells respond to treatment better when their diet is rich in fibre.
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Biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy identified
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): According to a new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients.
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Study identifies biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients, according to a new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Smoking may limit body's ability to fight dangerous form of skin cancer: S
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): A new research now finds that melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked.
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