Direct-To-Brain Chemo Better Than Systemic Drugs When Immunotherapy Is To Follow

In a recent study, Anti-PD-1 antitumor immunity is enhanced by local and abrogated by systemic chemotherapy in GBM, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found in experiments on mice with a form of aggressive brain cancer, that localised chemotherapy delivered directly to the brain rather than given systemically may be the best way to keep the immune system intact and […]

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Low Cost Cancer Treatment Centre Targets Low Income Groups

As an oncologist at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Catherine Nyongesa knows the suffering that cancer patients go through waiting for between six months to a year for treatment. Despite being the national referral hospital, KNH has only two radiotherapy machines — the only ones in the entire public health sector. Only a few can afford […]

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US Scientists Program Cancer Cells Back to Normal

Scientists have turned cancerous cells back to normal by switching back on the process which stops normal cells from replicating too quickly Cancer cells have been programmed back to normal by scientists in a breakthrough which could lead to new treatments and even reverse tumour growth. For the first time aggressive breast, lung and bladder […]

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Fibrolamellar Liver Cancer Research

Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma is a liver cancer that strikes mostly teens and young adults.  Fibrolamellar represents less than 1% of teen and young adult cancers, but that doesn’t mean it is insignificant.    Because it is so rare, very little is known about Fibrolamellar. Until now. Research teams are now working on it with the […]

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