Tag: Immunotherapy
Will Immunotherapy Research Find Ways to Boost Cancer-Fighting T-Cells?
A research team at Cardiff University in Wales is conducting new and important immunotherapy research. They are attempting to determine more ways that a...
How the Gut Microbiome Directs Immune System to Fight Cancer
The U.S. has recently seen a major breakthrough in cancer treatment called immune checkpoint inhibitors. These inhibitors basically tell the immune system which cells...
Cancer Patient’s 10-Centimeter Mass Gone After 2 Months at CHIPSA Hospital...
John D. was diagnosed with terminal, stage 4 cancer after a fluid-filled sac on his neck grew into hard, 10cm lump. His doctors suggested...
Digital Maps Can Predict the Success of Immunotherapy in Cancer Patients
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are developing a new method called ImmunoMap, a digital map that compares different types of T-cell receptors, the “antennas” found...
Could This New Vaccine Help Patients Fight Colorectal Cancer?
A study published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer showed that a new colorectal cancer vaccine could help patients to fight...
How Researchers Will Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes
A recent study published in Nature Medicine reported that researchers are working hard to find new ways to predict immunotherapy outcomes in cancer patients. Checkpoint...
New Cancer Vaccine Stimulates Immune System to Attack Cancer
A recent study published in Nature Medicine showed that a new method of immunotherapy has been effective at destroying lymphoma. The protocol involves injecting a cancer...
Immunotherapy May Become Standard Treatment for Head and Neck Cancers
The standard treatment for recurrent or metastatic head and neck caners has always been chemotherapy. But that's now changing, after several phase...
Why Pancreatic Cancer is Rarely the Focus of Immunotherapy Research
The field of immunotherapy is booming. There are more than 2,600 clinical trials currently testing the most effective kind of immunotherapy, but only about...
CAR-T Immunotherapy Shows Promise Fighting Solid Tumors
CAR-T therapy has been successful at treating lethal blood cancers, and new studies show that it may even fight against certain kinds of solid...
