Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics. Even cells with the same DNA can act differently because their molecules ...

The World Health Organization reports a steady increase in cancer patients worldwide, marking it as a major health threat.

Scientists at UCLA have developed an “off-the-shelf” cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other organs. In a mouse study, ...

Validation of a chemotherapy toxicity prediction model in older adults with cancer in Taiwan. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ASCO Breakthrough: A Global Summit for Oncology Innovators. This ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Jacob Sands, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Jacob Sands, a thoracic medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Welcome to Medscape's InDiscussion series on ...

Targeted therapy focuses on the genetic characteristics of cancer cells. It uses drugs to attack mutated genes to prevent the cancer from surviving or spreading. Introduced in 2004, targeted therapy ...

A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

Targeted cancer therapy uses medications and other substances to find and attack cancer cells. Doctors may recommend different types of targeted cancer therapy for various diseases. These techniques ...