The immune system is designed to operate like a well-oiled machine. With a myriad of distinct cell types, a handful of specialized organs, and a network of watchtowers spread throughout the body, the immune...
Drugs and mechanical ventilation appear to be effective in preventing potentially fatal damage to cardiovascular muscles, including those in the heart, after immune system is stimulated by immune checkpoint inhibitors. Doctors in France have...
A new immunotherapy targets six different viruses that can cause infections when the immune system is suppressed to allow potentially life-saving transplants, according to trial results published in the AACR journal Clinical Cancer Research.
While some people realize that drinking increases the risk of cancer, a few think it actually lowers the risk, a study finds. Many Americans are unaware of the fact that consuming alcoholic beverages of...
New findings may help physicians monitor for adverse reactions to immunotherapy and allow for early intervention. A potentially severe side effect of an immunotherapy used for some types of cancer may be linked to...
Clinical outcomes are similar between Black and non-Black patients when patients receive identical treatment and follow-up in a highly structured study environment, researchers say. When Black patients were included in proportion to the larger...
Younger Americans are less likely to get screened for colorectal cancer screening, a study finds. The gaps were largest among racial and ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals.
Factors associated with the imaging facility, rather than individual characteristics, may explain some of the differences the accuracy of mammograms across racial and ethnic groups.
The 10-year survival beginning five years after diagnosis IS seen as about 10 percent lower than in age-matched general population, a gap that persists for many years, The study reports. People who were treated...
Pediatric patients whose cancer had relapsed were successfully matched to new gene-targeted therapies in large European trial, according to a study in the AACR journal Cancer Discovery.
AACR Fellow Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, leads a national effort targeting triple-negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer with a novel drug combination.
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