"Cancer"

Pancreatic cancer is known to be a highly fatal and incurable type of cancer known as the "king of cancers". Currently, the only possible cure for pancreatic cancer is the complete surgical removal of the tumour tissue. Once the cancer has spread beyond the pancreatic organ, the patient's treatment options are very limited.

MD Anderson Cancer Center, founded in 1941, is a world-renowned oncology hospital located in Houston, Texas, USA, and was one of the three early comprehensive cancer treatment centres designated by the National Cancer Initiative in 1971. It is one of the first three comprehensive cancer treatment centres designated by the National Cancer Initiative in 1971, and one of 39 comprehensive cancer treatment centres designated by the Medical Oncology Society, and is recognised as a good cancer hospital.

Data from a trial show that adding the new drug Eganelisib to standard treatment significantly improves the length of survival for patients with triple-negative breast cancer whose disease remains unexacerbated. Patients benefited regardless of their PD-L1 status.

A new study has found that Istradefylline, a drug already approved to treat Parkinson's disease, not only reduces the toxicity associated with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, but also boosts its cancer-fighting power, promising a potential treatment to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.

Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies. Its incidence rate is second only to endometrial cancer worldwide, and it ranks first in developing countries and regions. According to statistics, there are 450000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide every year. The occurrence and development of cervical cancer usually go through a relatively long process, so it is possible to prevent this disease.

As medicine continues to advance, there are many good drugs and options to fight cancer. Just recently, a study showed that the NALIRIFOX regimen significantly improved the overall survival of patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who had not received previous treatment.

Targeted drug Selpercatinib has received accelerated approval from the FDA. It is cancer-independent and may benefit any solid tumour with a positive RET gene fusion. It is up to 84% effective in selected patients with non-small cell lung cancer!

A new clinical trial update shows that oxitinib (known as Teresa, or 9291) nearly doubled disease-free survival and halved post-operative recurrence rates in lung cancer patients carrying an early stage EGFR mutation!

The trial is testing the effectiveness of two chemotherapy drugs, oxaliplatin and gemcitabine, in combination with radiotherapy, an approach that has been used to treat other aggressive tumours

Researchers at the Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have now identified a new treatment that promises to help cancer patients with bone marrow transplants manage side effects better than current standard therapies, making the treatment more effective and safer.