Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now US cancer patients can't get meds, say doctors

by Arthur AllenCredit: CC0 Public DomainOn Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredd

Updated on: February 03,2024

Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now US cancer patients can't get meds, say doctors

by Arthur AllenCredit: CC0 Public DomainOn Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredd

Updated on:February 03,2024

New law regulating out-of-pocket drug spending saves cancer patients more than $7,000 a year, study finds

byUniversity of MichiganCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsAs prescription oral chemotherapies have become a common form of cancer treatment, some patients were paying more than $10,000 a year for m

Updated on: September 28,2024

New law regulating out-of-pocket drug spending saves cancer patients more than $7,000 a year, study finds

byUniversity of MichiganCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsAs prescription oral chemotherapies have become a common form of cancer treatment, some patients were paying more than $10,000 a year for m

Updated on:September 28,2024

Major progress in curing brain tumors by blocking certain functions in cells with a docked molecule

by University of GothenburgThe researchers’ molecule Z4P inhibits one of the mechanisms that regulate protein production in a cancer cell. This inhibition causes the cancer cell to die. Three pic

Updated on: February 18,2024

Major progress in curing brain tumors by blocking certain functions in cells with a docked molecule

by University of GothenburgThe researchers’ molecule Z4P inhibits one of the mechanisms that regulate protein production in a cancer cell. This inhibition causes the cancer cell to die. Three pic

Updated on:February 18,2024

Decrease in breast cancer mortality rate continues. Wide gap for Black women remains stagnant

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhile breast cancer death rates dropped by 43% from 1989 to 2020, Black women continue to be 40% more likely to die from the disease de

Updated on: January 03,2024

Decrease in breast cancer mortality rate continues. Wide gap for Black women remains stagnant

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhile breast cancer death rates dropped by 43% from 1989 to 2020, Black women continue to be 40% more likely to die from the disease de

Updated on:January 03,2024

ASCO: Pembrolizumab superior for initial Tx of advanced NSCLC

(HealthDay)—For patients with programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-expressing locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pembrolizumab is associated with better overall survival t

Updated on: March 30,2024

ASCO: Pembrolizumab superior for initial Tx of advanced NSCLC

(HealthDay)—For patients with programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-expressing locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pembrolizumab is associated with better overall survival t

Updated on:March 30,2024

New vaccine technique effectively fights breast cancer in mice

by University of CopenhagenX-ray of female chest with cancer . Credit: ColourboxA new vaccine technique can fight a certain type of breast cancer in mice. So-called HER2-positive breast cancer ac

Updated on: March 01,2024

New vaccine technique effectively fights breast cancer in mice

by University of CopenhagenX-ray of female chest with cancer . Credit: ColourboxA new vaccine technique can fight a certain type of breast cancer in mice. So-called HER2-positive breast cancer ac

Updated on:March 01,2024

AI tool 'DeepHRD' accelerates cancer treatment decisions

byUniversity of California - San DiegoFirst author Erik Bergstrom showcasing a biopsy analysis completed with DeepHRD, a new artificial intelligence tool that can detect clinically actionable ge

Updated on: August 28,2024

AI tool 'DeepHRD' accelerates cancer treatment decisions

byUniversity of California - San DiegoFirst author Erik Bergstrom showcasing a biopsy analysis completed with DeepHRD, a new artificial intelligence tool that can detect clinically actionable ge

Updated on:August 28,2024

Epigenetic mechanism associated with clinical outcome and therapeutic vulnerability in liver cancer

by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteNSUN7 epigenetic loss occurs in human primary HCC tumors in association with worse clinical outcome. (A) Percentage of NSUN7 methylation in the TCGA

Updated on: February 18,2024

Epigenetic mechanism associated with clinical outcome and therapeutic vulnerability in liver cancer

by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteNSUN7 epigenetic loss occurs in human primary HCC tumors in association with worse clinical outcome. (A) Percentage of NSUN7 methylation in the TCGA

Updated on:February 18,2024

A new drug prevents epithelial-mesenchymal transition, metastasis and resistance to anti-cancer therapy

by Université libre de BruxellesTargeting netrin-1 reduces metastasis and sensitizes tumor cells to chemotherapy in skin SCC.a, Dot plot showing the number of spontaneous lung metastases in

Updated on: January 30,2024

A new drug prevents epithelial-mesenchymal transition, metastasis and resistance to anti-cancer therapy

by Université libre de BruxellesTargeting netrin-1 reduces metastasis and sensitizes tumor cells to chemotherapy in skin SCC.a, Dot plot showing the number of spontaneous lung metastases in

Updated on:January 30,2024

Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban scrapped

Credit: CC0 Public DomainDoctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public he

Updated on: March 06,2024

Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban scrapped

Credit: CC0 Public DomainDoctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public he

Updated on:March 06,2024

UBC expert immobilizes tiny structures linked to metastatic breast cancer

by Lou Corpuz-Bosshart,University of British ColumbiaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlthough breast cancer treatment has made great strides, around 5,000 Canadian women are still expected to succumb t

Updated on: March 06,2024

UBC expert immobilizes tiny structures linked to metastatic breast cancer

by Lou Corpuz-Bosshart,University of British ColumbiaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlthough breast cancer treatment has made great strides, around 5,000 Canadian women are still expected to succumb t

Updated on:March 06,2024

Study successfully mimics complex neuroblastoma vasculature on a chip to explore treatments

by Institute for Bioengineering of CataloniaGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancers(2024). DOI: 10.3390/cancers16051060Neuroblastoma, one of the most common childhood cancers, is classified as

Updated on: March 30,2024

Study successfully mimics complex neuroblastoma vasculature on a chip to explore treatments

by Institute for Bioengineering of CataloniaGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancers(2024). DOI: 10.3390/cancers16051060Neuroblastoma, one of the most common childhood cancers, is classified as

Updated on:March 30,2024