Emil J Freireich Honored With AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recognized Emil J Freireich, MD, FAACR, with the 2019 AACR...
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Excess Body Weight Before age 50 is Associated With Higher Risk of Dying From Pancreatic Cancer
ATLANTA – Excess weight before age 50 may be more strongly associated with pancreatic cancer mortality risk than excess...
Mesothelin-targeted CAR T-cell Therapy Safe, Shows Early Promise in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
ATLANTA – A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that targets the protein mesothelin showed no evidence of major...
HER2-targeted CAR T-cell Therapy Safe, With Promising Antitumor Activity in Patients With Advanced Sarcoma
ATLANTA – A combination of chemotherapy and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells designed to target the protein HER2...
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combination Efficacious For Patients With High-grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
ATLANTA – A combination of the anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapeutic ipilimumab (Yervoy) and the anti-PD-1 immunotherapeutic nivolumab (Opdivo) showed clinical benefit...
Adding the MET Inhibitor Savolitinib to Osimertinib was Beneficial for Certain Pretreated Lung Cancer Patients in TATTON Trial
ATLANTA – Adding the investigational MET inhibitor savolitinib to the EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrisso) yielded clinical responses in patients...
Dr. Cornelis J.M. Melief Honored With 2019 AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will recognize Cornelis J.M. Melief, MD, PhD, with the seventh...
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, Elected American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect 2019-2020
Five new members elected to the Board of Directors PHILADELPHIA – The members of the American Association for Cancer...
Gum Disease and Tooth Loss Associated With Higher Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in African-American Women
PHILADELPHIA – Poor oral health was associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer in African-American women, according to results...
American Association for Cancer Research Announces Recipients of the 2019 AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism
Awardees to be recognized at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019 PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...