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24 Aug 2018

Association Between Skin Cancer and the Risk of Other Malignancies

Basal cell carcinoma is one of the most common forms of skin cancer, with millions of Americans diagnosed with the malignancy each year. However…
24 Aug 2018

New Scale Helps Match Patients to the Optimal Cancer Therapy

Targeted cancer treatment options should become more simplified and standardised following the creation of a new scale for tumour DNA mutations that has…
22 Aug 2018

Innovative Technique Can Predict Response to Lymphoma Therapy

Response to therapy in diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients can be assessed quickly by measuring changes in circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) levels…
15 Aug 2018

‘Game Theory’ Could Improve Metastatic Cancer Treatment

Metastatic cancer patient outcomes could be improved by applying the principles of evolutionary ‘game theory’ to therapies, a study from Maastricht…
2 Aug 2018

Study Could Help Overcome Resistance to a Common Cancer Treatment

Cancer cell resistance to PARP inhibitor therapy could be overcome following the discovery of various mechanisms that lay behind this resistance. The…
1 Aug 2018

Novel Technique Could Provide More Effective Treatment for Spinal Column Tumours

Tumours in spinal columns could be treated by adapting a procedure called kyphoplasty, which is used to heal spinal fractures caused by tumours or…
31 Jul 2018

Conversations with a Non-Clinical Worker Enhances End-of-Life Cancer Care

End-of-life cancer care is enhanced and costs less when patients discuss their preferences with a trained non-clinical worker soon after diagnosis…
19 Jul 2018

Kite and Gadeta Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Gamma Delta T Cell Receptor Technology for Solid Tumors

Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), and Gadeta B.V., a privately-held company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer immunotherapies…