Sentences with phrase «against head and neck cancers»

The panel's recommendation is intended to prevent genital warts and anal cancers in males, and possibly prevent head and neck cancer (though the vaccine's effectiveness against head and neck cancers has not yet been proven).

The Alabama scientists have now shown how it works against head and neck cancers: It blocks a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor, or EGFR.

May 29, 2015 Pembrolizumab shows real promise against head and neck cancer Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda ®) was effective in one out of four patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, according to results presented at the 2015 meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Not exact matches

Although Merck's vaccine will be marketed only for cervical cancer, preliminary evidence suggests it may also be effective against penile, anal, and vulvar cancers and even certain cancers of the head and neck.

«If this strategy is effective, then it might be broadly applicable not only against lung cancer but also against other cancers that express EGFR, which include brain, colon, and head and neck cancers,» said Dr. Gerber, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Sciences.

Finally, a Calgary, Alberta — based company, Oncolytics Biotech, is testing a reovirus (an RNA virus often found in human lungs but thought to be nonpathogenic) against several types of cancer, including that of the lung and skin as well as head and neck malignancies.

A class of therapeutic drugs known as protein kinase inhibitors has in the past decade become a powerful weapon in the fight against various life - threatening diseases, including certain types of leukemia, lung cancer, kidney cancer and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

We have completed the active phase of a Phase 1 trial of a Vaxwave ® - based vaccine against cytomegalovirus (CMV) and are finalizing clinical development plans for TheraT ® in Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)- related head and neck cancers.

Scientists reported Tuesday on two new studies showing that the medications, which marshal the body's own immune defenses, are now having some effect against recurrent, difficult - to - treat head and neck cancer and an extremely lethal skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma.

Experts encourage boys to be vaccinated against HPV, saying that the best way to prevent head and neck cancers, which are more common in men, is to get the HPV vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all girls and boys receive the three - dose series of the HPV vaccine between ages 11 and 12 to protect against HPV - linked cancers, which include those of the cervix and other cancers of the anus and genitals, as well as some head and neck cancers.