cancer
Advanced radiotherapy ‘must play central role’ in clearing Covid’s cancer backlog
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
During the Covid-19 pandemic, radiotherapy may be a safer treatment option than chemotherapy or surgery in certain cases while the incidence of coronavirus remains high – as it often involves fewer and shorter visits to hospital and therefore less exposure to the virus.
Early findings show new drug could be ‘gamechanging’ for brain cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
Using ipatasertib, researchers say some brain cancers could potentially be made vulnerable to immunotherapy agent
Topical therapy can help safely reduce side effect of cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
BRAF inhibitors given in pill form work by blocking a mutated gene found most commonly in melanoma, which rapidly shrinks the tumors.
Engineering T cells to attack cancer broadly
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
In the clinic, this approach would involve extracting the patient's own T cells from tumor samples, genetically engineering them to express MDA-7/IL-24, growing millions of copies of the cells in the lab and finally transplanting them back into the patient.
Positive Thinking Is Powerful During and After Cancer Treatment
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
“I can’t say for certain whether my optimism has kept me going, but it has taught me that good things can come from a bad situation. I’ve been lucky before. I could be again.”