oncology

The virtual reality technology that could revolutionise cancer treatment

Posted in Games, Medicine, Software on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller

Virtual reality might soon help scientists and doctors better understand how to treat patients' cancerous tumours.

Investigational T-cell therapy shows antiviral efficacy and safety in cancer patients treated with stem cell transplant

Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller

Posoleucel T-cell therapy that simultaneously targets six different viruses, demonstrated promising antiviral efficacy and safety in a phase II study of patients who had undergone stem cell transplantation to treat their cancer or other blood diseases.

Immunotherapy prior to surgery strikingly effective for patients with colorectal cancer

Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller

The researchers anticipated PD-1 inhibitors could be at least as effective for locally-advanced but operable cancer as they have historically been in the treatment of metastatic dMMR/MSI-H CRC, but were surprised to find it so much more effective for this patient population.

Approaching 2023, here are the top 5 cancer research breakthroughs of 2022

Posted in Medicine on 27th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller

Worldwide, cancer research scientists have been busy making exciting new discoveries about cancer. Here are the top five cancer research breakthroughs made by cancer researchers in 2022.

New immune therapy for advanced melanoma offers hope for hard-to-treat disease

Posted in Medicine, Science on 9th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller

TIL therapy, which uses a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer, was found in a clinical trial to work better than the existing treatment for metastatic melanoma.