A newly identified genetic marker could potentially predict which patients are likely to respond to immunotherapy in cancer types that have lacked such tools until… Read more
Tag: immunotherapy
Immunotherapy Drug is Well Tolerated in Lung Cancer Patients with Limited Physical Function, Study Suggests
For patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and limited performance status, an immune checkpoint inhibitor drug called durvalumab is safe and… Read more
Cancer Drug That Targets Two Immune-Evading Tumor Tactics Performs Well in Early Clinical Trial
A “two-for-one” cancer immunotherapy is potentially more effective and at least as safe as standard immunotherapies, physician-scientists from UPMC Hillman Cancer Center who led an… Read more
Cancer-Infecting Virus ‘Warms Up’ Cold Tumors and Improves Immunotherapy
Equipping cancer-infecting, or oncolytic, viruses with tumor-inhibiting genetic cargo stimulates the immune system and helps immunotherapy to shrink or completely clear aggressive tumors in mice,… Read more
Study of Immune ‘Neighborhoods’ Highlights Macrophages as Key Players in Invasive Breast Cancers
Most immunotherapies, which aim to boost T cell activity, work poorly in treating estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Targeting a different type of immune cell… Read more