Category: Cancer

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Ovarian cancer has a very poor prognosis, often because it’s so advanced when it’s found. A growing trend is underway to remove the fallopian tubes, which bridge the uterus and the ovaries, to stave off the development of ovarian cancer. …

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When the DNA in a cell is broken up, rearranged or there is too much of it that condition is called aneuploidy. Now a new study demonstrates that people with a high degree of aneuploidy don’t respond well to newer …

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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 …

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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 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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