By: John LaMattina From: forbes.com Corey Wood was a week away from her graduation from the University of California at Berkeley when she started getting flashes in one of her eyes. Her doctor was concerned and had an inkling that something serious was going on, so he took the unusual step of ordering a body scan. Corey was a healthy …
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By: Amy Ellis Nutt From: washingtonpost.com In one of the first trials of personalized vaccines for cancer, the European-funded Glioma Actively Personalized Vaccine Consortium (GAPVAC) is about to launch a Phase 1 clinical trial for patients with glioblastoma, the most aggressive of brain cancers. The goal of nearly all cancer treatments is honing in on antigens, the target structures on tumors, …
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View PostBreakthrough drug sets body on cancer warpath means new future for patients
By: Lucy Johnson From: express.co.uk A DRUG which unleashes the body’s immune system against tumours has been hailed as a “new dawn in cancer treatment” Experts are amazed at the success of the trials, which one oncologist said were “almost too good to be true”. The results are so promising that a recent trial of the therapy in patients with …
Colorado cancer experts launch plan with Japan to build the first U.S. carbon-ion radiotherapy center
Colorado cancer researchers and medical doctors on Wednesday announced they are launching a $200,000 feasibility study as a key step to building the nation’s first carbon-ion radiotherapy research and treatment facility in Aurora, where they and colleagues hope to investigate and provide to patients leading-edge radiation therapy that is effective against the deadliest cancers and now is available only in …
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By Bradley J. Fikes From: utsandiego.com Researchers have invented a microscopic pump that has the potential to transport cancer drugs from the blood into the heart of tumors, according to a new study. The pump is created from an engineered antibody that attaches to a protein found in microscopic pouches lining the walls of blood vessels in mouse, rat and …
When Money Motivates Cancer Treatment Options
By: Robert Pearl, M.D. From: forbes.com Today’s article follows the money trail to expose a different form of bias: the kind that takes place when doctors own their own diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. For people living with cancer, this kind of bias can have a particularly painful impact. Radiation Therapy Brings Out Medical Bias In the United States, cancer is …