• RefleXion, a Hayward, Calif. -
based cancer treatment firm focused on positron emission tomography, closed $ 100 million in Series C funding.
As an organization of physicians and scientists who care for desperately ill patients, including those with blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) is supportive of efforts to provide insurance parity for all approved evidence -
based cancer treatments.
Of all these cancers, ovarian is one of the major types of cancer for which powerful, immune -
based cancer treatments are now in development.
Ovarian cancer is one of the major cancer types for which powerful, immune -
based cancer treatments are now in development.
With enthusiasm for cancer immunotherapy mounting thanks to recent successes in the clinic with immune -
based cancer treatments such as anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies, and the FDA approvals of sipuleucel - T prostate cancer vaccine and ipilimumab for the treatment of melanoma, and in light of the many promising immunotherapies now in clinical trials with potential for near - term FDA approval, the Cancer Research Institute launched the first annual Cancer Immunotherapy Awareness Month in June 2013 as a way to increase public awareness of the power of immunotherapy to revolutionize cancer treatment and of the need for continued public support for research to bring these treatments to more patients sooner.
NEW YORK, October 16, 2013 — The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a New York - based nonprofit committed to developing immune system -
based cancer treatments, was given a $ 1 million donation from tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker at CRI's 27th annual awards gala on Sept. 30.
This page features information on multiple myeloma and immunotherapy clinical trials for multiple myeloma patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to people with multiple myeloma.
Multiple myeloma is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
Sarcoma is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
Melanoma is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently available, with more in development.
This page features information on liver cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for liver cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to liver cancer patients.
Cervical cancer is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
Head and neck cancer has one currently approved immunotherapy, the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo ®) and is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are in development.
This page features information on head and neck cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for head and neck cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to head and neck cancer patients.
Esophageal cancer is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
This page features information on colorectal cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for colorectal cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to people with this kind of cancer.
This page features information on cervical cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for cervical cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to people with cervical cancer.
This page features information on melanoma and immunotherapy for melanoma patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to people with melanoma.
This page features information on pancreatic cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for pancreatic cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to pancreatic cancer patients.
Leukemia is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
Colorectal cancer is one of the major cancer types for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
The National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) provides knowledge and services to help researchers transition nanomaterials -
based cancer treatments from the laboratory into FDA - approved clinical trials.
Kidney cancer — also called renal cell cancer — is one of the major types of cancer for which new immune -
based cancer treatments are currently in development.
This page features information on breast cancer and immunotherapy clinical trials for breast cancer patients, and highlights the Cancer Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune -
based cancer treatments to people with breast cancer.
The new liquid biopsy technique could be the first step toward offering more personalized, genetic -
based cancer treatments to retinoblastoma patients from the very start, potentially saving more eyes and vision.
Not exact matches
• TAE Life Sciences, a Foothill Ranch, Calif. -
based developer of
treatments for difficult to treat
cancers, raised $ 40 million in Series A funding.
PICI (pronounced «pie - sea»), as it's called by its member scientists, is doing something unprecedented in academic medicine: combining and coordinating the efforts of six of the top
cancer immunology centers in the country — MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Penn Medicine, Stanford, UCLA, and UCSF — in order to greatly expand and, more important, to accelerate our understanding of why some immune - based treatments work miraculously in some patients and not at all in o
cancer immunology centers in the country — MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Penn Medicine, Stanford, UCLA, and UCSF — in order to greatly expand and, more important, to accelerate our understanding of why some immune - based treatments work miraculously in some patients and not at all in o
Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Penn Medicine, Stanford, UCLA, and UCSF — in order to greatly expand and, more important, to accelerate our understanding of why some immune -
based treatments work miraculously in some patients and not at all in others.
• Aileron Therapeutics, a
cancer treatment biotech
based out of Cambridge, Mass., said it plans to offer 3.75 million shares between $ 15 to $ 17, raising about $ 60 million at the offering's midpoint — about $ 25 million of which will be bought by insiders.
For example, labs take DNA samples from patients being tested for
cancer and runs tests to detect if mutations typically associated with
cancer are present; a diagnostician then examines those genetic mutations and compares them to known instances; finally,
based on that information a physician recommends a course of
treatment.
This Florida -
based operator of 145
cancer treatment centers announced in March that hackers had breached its database and stolen a wealth of personal information from current and former patients.
Subiaco -
based biotech firm Phylogica has announced plans for a heavily discounted $ 10 million capital raising to fund development of its
cancer treatment programs.
San Diego -
based GoFundMe has no shortage of heart - tugging stories of people raising money for everything from
cancer treatment and college tuition to international adoptions.
• Y - mAbs Therapeutics Inc, a New York City and Denmark -
based developer of
cancer treatments, raised $ 30 million in funding.
• OncoStem Diagnostics, a Bangalore, India -
based developer of tests for personalized
cancer treatment planning, raised $ 6 million in funding.
For example, Watson for Oncology can summarize the key medical attributes of a
cancer patient and rank the best
treatment options
based on the data it has access to.
It can be everything from an über - helpful call - center rep to an oncology adviser, recommending
cancer treatments on the
basis of a patient's genetic profile and thousands of clinical trials and medical journal articles it has analyzed.
The FDA approved a Lutetium - 177
based cancer therapy called Lutathera for the
treatment of neuroendocrine tumors earlier this year, after Novartis snapped up the developer, Advanced Accelerator, at a premium.
And it's all in support of Cookies for Kids»
Cancer, which is an American based charity that is dedicated to funding research for new, innovative and less - toxic treatments for childhood c
Cancer, which is an American
based charity that is dedicated to funding research for new, innovative and less - toxic
treatments for childhood
cancercancer.
Ettinger spearheaded the development of SPAMMY ®, a shelf - stable poultry -
based product that is fortified with vitamins and minerals, to help prevent childhood malnutrition in Guatemala, and also championed Hormel Vital Cuisine, a brand new product line that meets the specific nutritional needs of patients undergoing
treatment for
cancer.
A particularly effective
treatment against many
cancers, platinum -
based chemotherapy, has the unfortunate side effect of damaging the hair cells in the ear that are responsible for sensing sound waves, Goldrich said.
«I was released from MD Anderson
Cancer Center on Saturday night (Feb. 24) around 5 p.m. and have started receiving
treatments on an outpatient
basis,» Jones said.
Watch Stuart E. Siegel, MD's video on How has pediatric
cancer treatment changed
based on survivorship...
And those super-duper plant -
based treatments for arthritis and pain relief can even straight - up give you
cancer.
Your breast
cancer care team works closely with you to create a personalized
treatment plan
based on your particular situation, as well as your needs and goals.
Macrogenics, a biopharmaceutical company, is focused on discovering and developing innovative antibody -
based therapeutics for the
treatment of
cancer, as well as various autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases.
«Everyone diagnosed with breast
cancer should receive the highest level of treatment and care, regardless of their age, which is why Breast Cancer Care would welcome the introduction of evidence - based minimum standards of treatment for this patient
cancer should receive the highest level of
treatment and care, regardless of their age, which is why Breast
Cancer Care would welcome the introduction of evidence - based minimum standards of treatment for this patient
Cancer Care would welcome the introduction of evidence -
based minimum standards of
treatment for this patient group.
There was also no change
based on whether patients had undergone hormone therapy, a common
treatment for prostate
cancer which lowers the male hormone and can be combined with daily radiation.
«Tailoring
cancer treatments to individual patients: Supercomputers help researchers design
cancer models and predict
treatments outcomes
based on patient - specific conditions.»
Current
treatments are
based on the bulk, brute removal of cells — but miss even a few, and evolution will see to it that the
cancer returns in a new, often more resistant, form.