Category: Cancer
Makers of Covid vaccines are achieving success with cancer vaccines, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Moderna, the maker of Covid vaccines, is now reporting success with a vaccine for the skin cancer melanoma. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says these are made for individual patients using markers that are specific for their …
Can radiation therapy be made less onerous? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Women receiving radiation therapy for breast cancer can now have fewer treatments and may also be able to change the interval, a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium shows. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns …
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Young women with breast cancer may be able to safely pause treatment to have a child, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Young women with breast cancer often state they’d like to have children at some point, yet after they’re treated their maintenance therapy may pose barriers. Now a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium shows that pausing therapy …
A type of individualized T cell helps people with advanced melanoma, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, known as TILS, allowed people with advanced melanoma, a serious type of skin cancer, to live longer than those who received an antibody alone, a recent study showed. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins …
Are individualized antibodies on the horizon for cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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So-called ‘bispecific antibodies,’ are racking up some impressive results when it comes to treating certain cancers, recent studies show. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins says making individualized antibodies for cancer treatment as well as …
Just how good is a specialized antibody for multiple myeloma? Elizabeth Tracey reports
The blood cancer multiple myeloma largely responds to a specially constructed antibody known as a BITE, for bispecific T cell engager, a recent study shows. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins describes the data. Nelson: In this …
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