Climbing Kilimanjaro for Multiple Myeloma Research Inspired More Than Just Donations
February 13th 2016"There are not a whole lot of patients that are able to do something like this, so we were doing it for them as well," says Chuck Wakefield. "It meant so much to them to have their names on the banner."
EndBrainCancer Now Initiative Works to Support, Educate and Expand Survivorship for Patients
May 28th 2015Aug. 27, 2000, started as an ordinary day for Dellann Elliott Mydland. She and her husband Chris Elliott and their two children, then 5 and 8 years old, had just finished up a weekend at their cabin and were preparing to relax by the grill at home.
Fine-Tuning the Treatment of Melanoma
May 22nd 2015Significant strides have been made in the treatment of patients with immunotherapies and targeted therapies. However, determining which therapies are best for which patients and how to treat patients who don't respond or stop responding to these new therapies is still a challenge.
E-cigarette Users Less Likely To Quit, Decrease Use Overall Versus Traditional Cigarette Smokers
May 12th 2015E-cigarettes, championed by some as a smoking-cessation tool, may actually decrease the likelihood of quitting smoking, according to a recent population-based study of 1,000 smokers published in The American Journal of Public Health.
Making Progress in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
May 2nd 2015While surgical advances and new treatment approvals, including Lynparza and Avastin, have improved the outlook in ovarian cancer, late diagnosis and tumor resistance remain as significant barriers to major progress in treating the disease.
Early Phase Study Shows MM-302 Has Activity in Heavily-Pretreated HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
April 20th 2015MM-302, a novel antibody-drug conjugate that specifically targets cancer cells overexpressing the HER2 receptor, showed signs of clinical activity in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic, HER2-positive breast cancer.
Future AACR President Discusses Leadership Goals, Advancing Cancer Research and Precision Medicine
April 6th 2015AACR president-elect Nancy Davidson discusses her leadership plans for the organization, as well as precision medicine in oncology, challenges with research funding, and the role of epigenetics in breast cancer.