By: Vicki Moore, PhD From: cancertherapyadvisor.com It may be possible to safely omit chemotherapy for patients with HER2-positive, hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer, according to an updated analysis of the DETECT V study. Wolfgang Janni, MD, PhD, of the University Hospital Ulm in Ulm, Germany presented the findings at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2025. The randomized, multicenter, …
Scientists may have found a way to treat cancer without chemotherapy by replicating our body’s own self-destruct system
By: Lisa Schönhaar From: businessinsider.com Every day, millions of cells in our bodies “kill themselves” and are quickly removed. While the mechanism may sound melodramatic, in reality it’s for our own good. This is because the process ensures potentially harmful cells destroy themselves and, as a consequence, we’re protected from disease. Cancer cells, however, can protect themselves from self-destruction by …