Plant-Based Diet Could Cut Risk of Bowel Cancer For Men by 22 Percent
A recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine found that eating a plant-based diet made up of vegetables, legumes, nuts, and whole grains could reduce the risk of bowel cancer in men. This study evaluated 79,952 men and 93,475 women in the United States and...
Clinical Trial For Personalized mRNA Melanoma Vaccine Shows Promising Results
The world became familiar with Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, as this was the technology used to develop COVID vaccines so quickly. However, this vaccine technology was originally designed to be used against cancer. A recent study...
Could Patients’ Number of Circulating Cancer Cells Help Doctors Make Better Treatment Decisions?
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2022, a French group of scientists presented the results of a trial that could help oncologists make better treatment decisions for patients with metastatic breast cancer. According to the trial, counting the...
Vaccine May Extend Life Expectancy For People with Aggressive Brain Cancer
A recent Phase III clinical trial for a cancer vaccine called DCVax showed that it could provide patients with extra years beyond their initial prognoses. The vaccine is used to treat glioblastoma, one of the most common, aggressive, and deadly forms of brain cancer....
Could Lactate Be Used to Make Cancer Immunotherapies More Effective?
A recent study out of the University of Texas Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center showed that lactate—a metabolic byproduct produced during exercise—could be used to enhance cancer immunotherapy. The researchers believe that lactate could be used to rejuvenate...
Clinical Trial For Personalized mRNA Melanoma Vaccine Shows Promising Results
The world became familiar with Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, as this was the technology used to develop COVID vaccines so quickly. However, this vaccine technology was originally designed to be used against cancer. A recent study...
Could Patients’ Number of Circulating Cancer Cells Help Doctors Make Better Treatment Decisions?
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2022, a French group of scientists presented the results of a trial that could help oncologists make better treatment decisions for patients with metastatic breast cancer. According to the trial, counting the...
This Is How Artificial DNA Can Potentially Be Used to Fight Cancer
Researchers from the University of Tokyo recently made a discovery that they believe could be a breakthrough in the fight against cancer. The researchers tested artificial DNA as a weapon for targeting and destroying cancer cells, and the results were encouraging. The...
Cleveland Clinic Breast Cancer Vaccine Study Enters Next Phase
Researchers at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic have entered the next phase of a novel study of a vaccine designed to prevent triple-negative breast cancer, which is the most lethal and aggressive type of breast cancer. This new study will evaluate the vaccine’s...
All 14 Participants in Experimental Drug Study Saw Their Rectal Cancer Disappear
A recent immunotherapy clinical trial by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) yielded unprecedented results—remission for every single participant. While it was a small trial with 14 participants, the results are extremely encouraging. According to MSK...