Hodgkin lymphoma: immunotherapy improves patient survival
Combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy, an innovative treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma has achieved a higher survival rate than standard therapies, according ...
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Metastatic melanoma: immunotherapy significantly improves long-term survival
In patients with metastatic melanoma, the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a form of immunotherapy, significantly extends long-term survival. In ...
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Advanced bladder cancer: new treatment reduces deaths by 25%
To better manage muscle-invasive bladder tumors (MIBTs), researchers have combined immunotherapy with chemotherapy. THE ESSENTIAL Between 13,000 and 20,000 new ...
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Study demonstrates effectiveness of immunotherapy on trophoblastic tumors
Gestational trophoblastic diseases constitute a broad spectrum of tumor pathologies deriving from placental tissue. THE ESSENTIAL A trial testing immunotherapy ...
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Immune cells at the origin of cancers identified
French researchers have identified the immune cells involved in cancers that appear following chronic inflammation. THE ESSENTIAL Nearly one in ...
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Personalized immunotherapy: benefits and challenges
Personalized immunotherapy, a therapeutic revolution in the fight against cancer, is generating unprecedented enthusiasm. However, like any therapy, it is ...
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Cervical cancer: “Immunotherapy can be a game changer”
Immunotherapy is raising great hopes among those battling cervical cancer. THE ESSENTIAL For many years, therapeutic strategies for combating cervical ...
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Colorectal cancer: new drug makes tumors “disappear”
A new immunotherapy treatment significantly increases the chances of colorectal cancer patients surviving without surgery, a study finds. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Osteosarcoma: a new immunotherapy appears effective against this bone cancer
Researchers have developed a new immunotherapy that uses immune cells to treat osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, and the results of ...
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Small cell lung cancer: immunotherapy increases chances of survival
Immunotherapy has allowed 56% of adults with small cell lung cancer, a particularly aggressive form, to stay alive three years ...
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Acute myeloid leukemia: a new vaccine approach would make immunotherapy more effective
Administration of an effective vaccine against several types of cancer, combined with immunotherapy, improves survival in acute myeloid leukemia. THE ...
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Deadly eye cancer: adoptive immunotherapy can save some patients
Adoptive immunotherapy involves growing a person's T cells outside their body and then reinserting them. This technique would be effective ...
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Alzheimer’s disease: why is immunotherapy so interesting to researchers?
American scientists have recently suggested that immunotherapy could limit the formation of amyloid plaques in patients with Alzheimer's disease. THE ...
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Kidney cancer: immunotherapy after surgery increases chances of survival
For the first time, an immunotherapy treatment appears to be effective in patients with kidney cancer who have undergone surgery. ...
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Breast cancer: discovery of a switch to block metastases
Researchers have discovered a protein that can act as an on/off switch to block metastasis and control breast cancer's ability ...
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Cancer: a drug restores the immune system’s ability to fight tumors
An American scientific team has developed a drug capable of slowing the growth of tumors and enhancing the effectiveness of ...
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Melanoma and immunotherapy: “a development that can be described as dazzling”
The National Academy of Medicine provides an update on the use of immunotherapy to treat skin cancer (or melanoma). THE ...
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Melanoma: fecal transplant improves the effect of immunotherapy
Fecal transplantation improves the health of the gut microbiota, which helps to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in people with ...
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Cancer: corticosteroids would reduce the effectiveness of immunotherapy
Glucocorticoids can cause the production of a protein, called Cystatin C (CyC), preventing immunotherapy from having its full effect. THE ...
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Melanoma: an mRNA vaccine added to immunotherapy reduces the risk of recurrence
An Australian study observed that an mRNA vaccine combined with immunotherapy could prevent the risk of relapse in patients with ...
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Cancer: immunotherapy would not go well with cortisone
© Shutterstock / CI PhotosImmunotherapy is one of the newest and most powerful weapons against cancer. It prompts the immune ...
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Babies with leukemia: immunotherapy improves prognosis
Immunotherapy treatment is safe and effective for babies with an aggressive form of leukaemia, according to the results of a ...
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Cancer: a new effective treatment for tumors resistant to immunotherapy
© ShutterstockNew hope for patients whose tumors have become resistant to immunotherapy? According to a clinical trial conducted in the ...
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This inexpensive immunotherapy could facilitate the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancers
© Shutterstock / joker1991THE Epstein-Barr virus (from the family of herpes viruses), is extremely common, since it is estimated that ...
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Sentenced, a cancer patient finally saved thanks to immunotherapy
© ShutterstockIt all starts in June 2019: Robert Glynn, a man who lives in the suburbs of Manchester (in England), ...
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Alveolar soft tissue sarcoma: immunotherapy authorized in the USA
© Shutterstock / A3pfamilyUsually, alveolar soft tissue sarcoma, which usually affects adolescents and young adults, is treated with surgery. The ...
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Cancer: condemned to die within 12 months, it is cured thanks to immunotherapy
A 51-year-old man was completely cured of bile duct cancer, yet diagnosed as incurable, thanks to immunotherapy treatment. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Breast cancer: significant progress in combating metastatic tumors
On the occasion of the new publication of his book “Breast cancer, getting information to treat yourself”, published by Doctor ...
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Skin cancer: this diet would help fight it
Researchers have revealed that the Mediterranean diet may improve response rates to immunotherapy in patients affected by skin cancer. THE ...
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Incurable cancer: how canine parasite sparks hope for future treatment?
A dog parasite, harmless to humans, could become a potential treatment for resistant cancers. THE ESSENTIAL According to Inserm, immunotherapy ...
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