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CYNK-101 Plus Avelumab Mediates ADCC Activity in Select PD-L1+ Solid Tumors

CYNK-101 Plus Avelumab Mediates ADCC Activity in Select PD-L1+ Solid Tumors

November 13, 2022Gina MauroCYNK-101 demonstrated synergistic activity when used in combination with avelumab through antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung

CYNK-101 Plus Avelumab Mediates ADCC Activity in Select PD-L1+ Solid Tumors

November 13, 2022Gina MauroCYNK-101 demonstrated synergistic activity when used in combination with avelumab through antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung
Comparing DNA changes in blood stem cells and leukemia cells could help pick out children with high-risk AML

Comparing DNA changes in blood stem cells and leukemia cells could help pick out children with high-risk AML

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn some children with acute myeloid leukemia, cancer cells have as many DNA changes as healthy blood stem cells. Researchers were surprised to find these children hav

Comparing DNA changes in blood stem cells and leukemia cells could help pick out children with high-risk AML

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn some children with acute myeloid leukemia, cancer cells have as many DNA changes as healthy blood stem cells. Researchers were surprised to find these children hav
As cancer survival rates are improving, heart problems in survivors are becoming more common

As cancer survival rates are improving, heart problems in survivors are becoming more common

by Sean Tan,Monash UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe soft beeping of medical devices deepens the silence of the operating theater waiting room. Lying between monitors and intravenou

As cancer survival rates are improving, heart problems in survivors are becoming more common

by Sean Tan,Monash UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe soft beeping of medical devices deepens the silence of the operating theater waiting room. Lying between monitors and intravenou
Mechanics of breast cancer metastasis discovered, offering target for treatment

Mechanics of breast cancer metastasis discovered, offering target for treatment

Mechanics of breast cancer metastasis discovered, offering target for treatmentby Adrienne Berard,Pennsylvania State UniversityA human breast cancer cell, adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231, demonstrates

Mechanics of breast cancer metastasis discovered, offering target for treatment

Mechanics of breast cancer metastasis discovered, offering target for treatmentby Adrienne Berard,Pennsylvania State UniversityA human breast cancer cell, adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231, demonstrates
Large study links sustained weight loss to reduced breast cancer risk

Large study links sustained weight loss to reduced breast cancer risk

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA large new study finds that women who lost weight after age 50 and kept it off had a lower risk of breast cancer than women whose weight remain

Large study links sustained weight loss to reduced breast cancer risk

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA large new study finds that women who lost weight after age 50 and kept it off had a lower risk of breast cancer than women whose weight remain
Addition of maintenance olaparib slows advanced ovarian cancer

Addition of maintenance olaparib slows advanced ovarian cancer

(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, the addition of olaparib to maintenance therapy with bevacizumab is associated with a significant progression-free survival benefit for patients with advanced ovaria

Addition of maintenance olaparib slows advanced ovarian cancer

(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, the addition of olaparib to maintenance therapy with bevacizumab is associated with a significant progression-free survival benefit for patients with advanced ovaria
Pre- and post-surgical immunotherapy improves outcomes for patients with operable lung cancer

Pre- and post-surgical immunotherapy improves outcomes for patients with operable lung cancer

byUniversity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCompared with pre-surgical (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy alone, adding perioperative immunotherapy—given before an

Pre- and post-surgical immunotherapy improves outcomes for patients with operable lung cancer

byUniversity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCompared with pre-surgical (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy alone, adding perioperative immunotherapy—given before an
Lutetium Lu 177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan Provides HRQOL Benefit, Reduces Skeletal Events in mCRPC

Lutetium Lu 177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan Provides HRQOL Benefit, Reduces Skeletal Events in mCRPC

July 9, 2023Kyle DohertyThe addition of lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan to standard-of-care treatment delayed time to worsening of health-related quality of life and skeletal events compared wit

Lutetium Lu 177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan Provides HRQOL Benefit, Reduces Skeletal Events in mCRPC

July 9, 2023Kyle DohertyThe addition of lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan to standard-of-care treatment delayed time to worsening of health-related quality of life and skeletal events compared wit
Adjuvant capecitabine after CRT improves survival in locally advanced nasopharynx

Adjuvant capecitabine after CRT improves survival in locally advanced nasopharynx

October 25, 2022Jason HarrisTreatment with adjuvant capecitabine following concurrent chemoradiotherapy resulted in superior failure-free survival compared with observation and CRT for patients with l

Adjuvant capecitabine after CRT improves survival in locally advanced nasopharynx

October 25, 2022Jason HarrisTreatment with adjuvant capecitabine following concurrent chemoradiotherapy resulted in superior failure-free survival compared with observation and CRT for patients with l
Immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies

Immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies

byUniversity College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainScientists at UCL have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in mice which could hold the k

Immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies

byUniversity College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainScientists at UCL have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in mice which could hold the k
Seeking leukemia's Achilles heel

Seeking leukemia's Achilles heel

byAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyGraphical abstract. Credit:Molecular & Cellular Proteomics(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100503A team of researchers h

Seeking leukemia's Achilles heel

byAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyGraphical abstract. Credit:Molecular & Cellular Proteomics(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100503A team of researchers h
Discovery of a protein controlling resistance to chemotherapy

Discovery of a protein controlling resistance to chemotherapy

byUniversité libre de BruxellesEMT is associated with intrinsic resistance to chemotherapy in SCCs. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05838-7Despite the recent development

Discovery of a protein controlling resistance to chemotherapy

byUniversité libre de BruxellesEMT is associated with intrinsic resistance to chemotherapy in SCCs. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05838-7Despite the recent development