Incorporating a personalized mRNA vaccine, designed to match an individual’s tumor genetics, into standard immunotherapy substantially boosts survival rates and reduces the recurrence of high-risk…
Acting as a team, twin stem cells activate the immune system to suppress tumor growth and prolong survival in representative preclinical models. Brigham and Women’s…
Researchers have discovered the reason why some skin cancers cease to respond to treatment toward the end of the patient’s life. A comprehensive study of…
Research suggests that maintaining normal vitamin D levels may benefit cancer patients. New research indicates that for patients with advanced skin cancer, it may be…
A recent clinical trial reveals that the combination of an experimental mRNA vaccine with an immunotherapy led to a 44% decrease in the risk of…
Malignant melanoma is a relatively aggressive type of skin cancer. When detected early, it is usually treatable by surgical resection only, but metastases develop often…
Hairpin-shaped DNA interacts with microRNA in cancer cells, activating an immune response. University of Tokyo researchers have made a breakthrough in the fight against cancer…
A study conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital found that fewer cases of melanoma were observed among regular users of…
A team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has found the missing puzzle piece in the mystery of how melanoma tumors…
The southern and coastal regions of Canada have had higher incidences of skin cancer. In Canada, the prevalence of melanoma, a deadly type of skin cancer,…
Experimental treatment with a protein-derived molecule reduced tumor growth and metastasis as well as increased the survival rate by 25% A recent study published in…
A new biodegradable gel improves the immune system’s ability to keep cancer at bay after tumors are surgically removed. The gel, tested in mice, releases…
Amyloid beta, a protein known to build-up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain,…
Melanoma patients receiving therapy that helps their immune system kill cancer cells respond to treatment differently depending on the types of microbes in their gut,…
A diet rich in fiber may help some people being treated for melanoma respond to immunotherapy treatment by influencing the gut microbiome, according to a…
Effective against blood cancers, natural killer cells also may be effective against solid tumors. An immunotherapy based on supercharging the immune system’s natural killer cells…
Advances in treatment have led to the largest yearly declines in deaths due to melanoma ever recorded for this skin cancer, results of a new…
The proven technology will be designed into a handheld device that could reduce the need for painful biopsies by 50 percent — and disrupt the…
