Anne Li 6/9/17
A certain group of genetic faults could be used to help predict if immunotherapy will work in cancer patients, according…
Anne Li 6/9/17
Using two immunotherapy drugs together could help treat some patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer, according to an Australian study. Researchers at Walter and…
Anne Li 6/9/17
The chemotherapy drug capecitabine gives patients a better quality of life and is as effective at preventing breast cancer from returning as the alternative regimen called…
Anne LI 6/9/17
Two drugs targeting different gene faults in lung cancer have shown potential to be better than those already available, according to unpublished clinical trials.…
Anne Li 6/9/17
In 2012, the drug abiraterone (Zytiga) was first made available on the NHS to treat men with advanced prostate cancer that has stopped…
Anne Li 6/9/17
During the past week, the world has lost one of its leading cancer researchers- Professor Patrick Johnston. Here Sir Harpal Kumar,…
Anne LI 6/9/17
A drug that’s already approved to treat certain ovarian cancers holds some advanced breast cancers at bay longer than standard…
Anne LI 6/9/17
A combination of two immunotherapy drugs is safe to give to patients with melanoma, a type of skin cancer, that has spread to the brain,…
Anne Li 6/9/17
Offering a drug up-front with standard hormone treatment extends survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread, according to…
Anne Li 6/4/17
Adding abiraterone to hormone therapy at the start of treatment for prostate cancer improves survival by 37 per cent, according to the results of…