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CAR T-Cell therapy for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL)
June 2021 : As per our resources, a hospital in China has developed CAR T-Cell therapy for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL). The expressing protein...
COVID-19 Vaccine – All that you wanted to know
Dr. Julie Gralow answers queries on COVID-19 vaccine. How can we be sure the vaccines are safe if they were produced and approved in such a short period of...
Cancer associated with AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a potentially life threatening condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is transmitted from...
Lonsurf is approved by FDA for recurrent, metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
Trifluridine/tipiracil tablets (LONSURF, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration on February 22, 2019 for adult...
Pembrolizumab is approved by FDA for adjuvant treatment of melanoma
On February 15, 2019, pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma...
Caplacizumab-yhdp approved by FDA
On February 6, 2019, in conjunction with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive treatment, the Food and Drug Administration approved caplacizumab-yhdp (CABLIVI,...
Cabozantinib is FDA-approved for hepatocellular carcinoma
On January 14, 2019, cabozantinib (CABOMETYX, Exelixis, Inc.) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with hepatocellular...
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy in treatment of cancer Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that destroys cancer cells using beams of intense radiation. Very...
Bone marrow stem cell transplant
Bone marrow transplant Bone marrow transplants are procedures that restore blood-forming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by the very high...
Saliva test aims to detect HPV throat cancer
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher is developing a simple saliva test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) in laryngeal cancer. This is...
Bone marrow transplant in India
Bone marrow transplant (BMT) is a specialist surgery carried out in India to address different blood diseases and specific forms of cancer. Bone Marrow...
Pabosini plus cetuximab for head and neck cancer treatment with 70% focal reduction
According to the results announced at the 2018 ASCO annual meeting, the CDK4/6 inhibitors pabociclib (Ibrance) and cetuximab (Erbitux) combined treatment of...
Both e-cigarettes and ordinary tobacco are associated with oral cancer
At the 96th Congress of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Benjamin Chaffee of the University of California, San Francisco published a...
New ways to fight recurrent head and neck cancer
Even with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or gene-targeted therapy (such as cetuximab), the five-year survival rate for locally advanced head and...
Citrus oil may help relieve dry mouth symptoms caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer
According to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine, a compound found in citrus oil may help relieve dry mouth symptoms caused by radiation...
Nivolumab combined with ipilimumab was the first successful treatment for head and neck cancer
In patients with metastatic malignant melanoma, the combination of ipilimumab ( CTLA4 antibody) and programmed death (PD)-1 inhibitor nivolumab can...
Significant discovery: the aggressiveness of brain tumors is related to the enhancement of gene activity
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have discovered a common genetic driver of aggressive meningioma, which can help clinicians detect...
Research progress of rare tumor-head and neck cancer drugs
Compared with other malignant tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and breast cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is relatively...
Can patients with head and neck cancer enjoy spicy hot pot during proton therapy?
Mr. Xu is a typical Chongqing native. He is naturally spicy and unhappy. Among all the spicy foods, Chongqing spicy hot pot is his favorite. However,...
Gastric acid reflux is actually associated with cervical cancer
People are familiar with the uncomfortable feeling of acid reflux. A recent US study found that gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) may increase the risk...
Mobile phone radiation and brain tumors
The California Department of Public Health issued guidelines on cell phone radiation and how to reduce exposure. According to the CBS report, although there is...
The expression of PD-L1 in CTC of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is associated with prognosis
The University of Athens Strati A et al. reported that whether PD-L1 is overexpressed in circulating tumor cells (CTC) can provide more feasible and important...
What factors affect head and neck cancer surgery? Do doctors turn to palliative care?
The report by Kershena Liao of Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and more fully understand the process of head and neck oncologists considering...
A new method for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors-peptide receptor radionuclide therapy – PRRT
Neuroendocrine tumors are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all malignant tumors, and most of them occur in the stomach, intestines, and pancreas. The most...
Proton therapy in nasopharyngeal cancer
Experts from CancerFax can assist patients in directly consulting with experts in major proton centers to determine the suitability of patients for proton...
The culprit of the recurrence of bladder cancer "MLL gene" has been found
The research team of Shenzhen Hospital collected 37 samples of bladder cancer patients, performed whole exon sequencing and gene editing techniques, and...
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor targeting drug Avapritinib
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor targeting drug Avapritinib (Avapriny, Ayvakit, BLU-285) is approved by USFDA on 9th January, 2020. The drug covers two...
Colorectal cancer PD-1 / PD-L1 treatment
Colon cancer immunotherapy, rectal cancer immunotherapy, colorectal cancer immunotherapy, and colorectal cancer PD-1 / PD-L1 treatment. Seventeen years ago,...
Braftovi with Erbitux finally achieved positive results for colorectal cancer
Targeted treatment of colorectal cancer, BRAF V600E gene mutation targeted therapy of colorectal cancer Braftovi + Erbitux finally achieved positive results...
How to prevent and treat relapsed colorectal cancer?
How to prevent relapse of colorectal cancer, how to treat relapse of colorectal cancer after surgery? Colorectal cancer is a common malignant tumor,...
Intestinal cancer self-test, how to check for intestinal cancer?
Intestinal cancer self-test, how to check intestinal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, rectal cancer check, what check for rectal cancer, what check for...
Immunotherapy clears lesions in advanced colorectal cancer
A meal “eats” colorectal cancer In 2014, 65-year-old Mr. Yang and his wife traveled abroad. During the period, gastrointestinal discomfort and...
A colonoscopy reduces the risk of death by 72% in colorectal cancer
“About 5-6 years ago, we started to see some young patients with colorectal cancer, including some people in their 20s or 30s, which had never been...
Encyclopedia of medication guide for patients with colorectal cancer
In the past two years, with the deepening of research related to targeting and immunotherapy and genotyping, more and more drugs with good effects and fewer...
A vaccine to prevent colorectal cancer
Medical personnel worldwide are developing new human antigen vaccines, including various types of cancer preventive and therapeutic. Click for details: The...
95% of patients with advanced colorectal cancer will detect MSS, how to treat it?
Before the start of the article, the first look at science. Understanding of MSI-H, MSS, MSI-L MSS (MicroSatellite stability), microsatellite stability,...
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