Not exact matches
The company has been trying to win FDA approval for Opdivo to be
used as a first option treatment for non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Non — small
cell lung cancer may involve genetic aberrations that can be
used to direct therapy.
Further preclinical work will be needed to
use the herpes - loaded stem
cells for breast,
lung and skin
cancer tumors that metastasize to the brain.
Patients with metastatic non-small
cell lung cancer will always progress after chemotherapy, so most patients go on to be treated with immunotherapy, a type of therapy that
uses the body's immune system to fight
cancer.
The current research suggests that pancreatic
cancer cells that spread to organs that receive a blood supply rich in glucose and other nutrients, such as the liver and
lungs, acquire metabolic adaptations to
use these «natural resources» to increase their tumorigenic fitness.
Researchers
used molecular scissors called CRISPR / Cas9 to engineer immune
cells that were then injected into a patient with
lung cancer, Nature reports.
Using both fruit fly and human
lung cancer cell lines, researchers targeted two of the most common genetic mutations associated with NSCLC — Ras and PTEN (P13K).
Among patients with advanced non-small
cell lung cancer without a mutation of a certain gene (EGFR), conventional chemotherapy, compared with treatment
using epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, was associated with improvement in survival without progression of the
cancer, but not with overall survival, according to a study in the April 9 issue of JAMA.
By
using molecular genetic tools to reduce the amount of PC in human
lung cancer cells, the team observed decreased
cell growth, a compromised ability to form colonies in soft agar (a gelatinous material specifically
used to grow bacteria and other
cells), and a reduced rate of tumor growth in mice.
Nivolumab is PD - 1 inhibitor, which is
used to treat several
cancers in their advanced stages, including melanoma, non-small
cell lung cancer and kidney
cancer.
To investigate why checkpoint inhibitors so often stop working, Velculescu; Valsamo Anagnostou, M.D., Ph.D., instructor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Kellie N. Smith, Ph.D., a
cancer immunology research associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and their colleagues at the Bloomberg ~ Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy studied tumors of four patients with non-small cell lung cancer and one patient with head and neck cancer who developed resistance to two different checkpoint inhibitors: a drug called nivolumab that uses an antibody called anti-PD-1, or nivolumab used alone or in combination with a second drug called ipilimumab, which uses an antibody called anti-
cancer immunology research associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and their colleagues at the Bloomberg ~ Kimmel Institute for
Cancer Immunotherapy studied tumors of four patients with non-small cell lung cancer and one patient with head and neck cancer who developed resistance to two different checkpoint inhibitors: a drug called nivolumab that uses an antibody called anti-PD-1, or nivolumab used alone or in combination with a second drug called ipilimumab, which uses an antibody called anti-
Cancer Immunotherapy studied tumors of four patients with non-small
cell lung cancer and one patient with head and neck cancer who developed resistance to two different checkpoint inhibitors: a drug called nivolumab that uses an antibody called anti-PD-1, or nivolumab used alone or in combination with a second drug called ipilimumab, which uses an antibody called anti-
cancer and one patient with head and neck
cancer who developed resistance to two different checkpoint inhibitors: a drug called nivolumab that uses an antibody called anti-PD-1, or nivolumab used alone or in combination with a second drug called ipilimumab, which uses an antibody called anti-
cancer who developed resistance to two different checkpoint inhibitors: a drug called nivolumab that
uses an antibody called anti-PD-1, or nivolumab
used alone or in combination with a second drug called ipilimumab, which
uses an antibody called anti-CTLA4.
A new era of
lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Congr
lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Con
cancer therapy is close to dawning,
using drugs that can prevent tumour
cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European
Lung Cancer Congr
Lung Cancer Con
Cancer Congress.
The stem
cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA
using a process prone to errors, setting the stage for
lung cancer, according to a study publishing January 26, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS Biology by Marie - Liesse Asselin - Labat and her team of the Walter and Eliza hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia.
The study's findings, published in the journal
Cancer Research, are the first to
use these combined agents as an immune stimulator and may have the potential to kill cancerous
cells in solid tumors, including some of the most aggressive
cancers that form in the
lung and pancreas.
Researchers at Norris Cotton
Cancer Center have found an antibody that may be used in future treatments for recurrent small - cell lung cancer, which currently has no effective th
Cancer Center have found an antibody that may be
used in future treatments for recurrent small -
cell lung cancer, which currently has no effective th
cancer, which currently has no effective therapy.
Using lung cancer cells and mice the scientists showed that the combination of two drugs, called TRAIL and a CDK9 inhibitor, altered the molecular switches in the
cell suicide process — forcing the
cancer cells to self - destruct.
The mechanism is known as NMD (nonsense - mediated mRNA decay), and scientists found that exposing breast
cancer cells to a molecule that inhibits NMD prior to treatment with doxorubicin, a drug
used to treat leukemia, breast, bone,
lung and other
cancers, hastens
cell death.
Geneva, Switzerland, 26 March 2014 — A new era of
lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Congr
lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Con
cancer therapy is close to dawning,
using drugs that can prevent tumour
cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European
Lung Cancer Congr
Lung Cancer Con
Cancer Congress.
Pembrolizumab, in particular, has been
used to treat melanoma, non-small
cell lung cancer, and in some cases, head and neck
cancers.
Immunotherapy
using checkpoint inhibitors has changed the way we treat several aggressive
cancers such as melanoma, non-small
cell lung and head & neck
cancers, among others, with durable responses achieved in the metastatic setting.
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Now, in a new study in the journal
Cancer Cell, Shaw and a team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that phenformin, a derivative of the widely -
used diabetes drug metformin, decreased the size of
lung tumors in mice and increased the animals» survival.
The dual - drug therapy — with analogs already in
use for other diseases — doubled the survival rate of mice with
lung cancer and halted
cancer in pancreatic
cells.
DENVER — Despite very encouraging progress in the development and
use of immunotherapy for patients with non-small
cell lung cancer, much confusion remains regarding patient selection for each therapy.
DENVER — Three manuscripts published in the recent issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of
Lung Cancer (IASLC), explored the versatility of liquid biopsies by identifying EGFR mutations using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in urine and plasma and examining circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in plasma to predict the risk of lung cancer recurrence after surgical resect
Lung Cancer (IASLC), explored the versatility of liquid biopsies by identifying EGFR mutations using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in urine and plasma and examining circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in plasma to predict the risk of lung cancer recurrence after surgical rese
Cancer (IASLC), explored the versatility of liquid biopsies by identifying EGFR mutations
using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in urine and plasma and examining circulating tumor
cells (CTCs) in plasma to predict the risk of
lung cancer recurrence after surgical resect
lung cancer recurrence after surgical rese
cancer recurrence after surgical resection.
Cancer Institute research highlights include innovative studies to develop individualized approaches for treatment and prevention of lung cancer; collaboration between medical and materials science researchers to develop treatments for various types of leukemia using nanotechnology to target only cancer cells; and development of novel therapeutics to treat metastatic melanoma using an approach that regulates the processes leading to tumor develo
Cancer Institute research highlights include innovative studies to develop individualized approaches for treatment and prevention of
lung cancer; collaboration between medical and materials science researchers to develop treatments for various types of leukemia using nanotechnology to target only cancer cells; and development of novel therapeutics to treat metastatic melanoma using an approach that regulates the processes leading to tumor develo
cancer; collaboration between medical and materials science researchers to develop treatments for various types of leukemia
using nanotechnology to target only
cancer cells; and development of novel therapeutics to treat metastatic melanoma using an approach that regulates the processes leading to tumor develo
cancer cells; and development of novel therapeutics to treat metastatic melanoma
using an approach that regulates the processes leading to tumor development.
While some research has been done on
using apoferritin for drug delivery, this is the first time it was
used to target
lung cancer cells.
Life tables were
used to model five year survival for early stage non-small
cell lung cancer and limited stage small
cell lung cancer,
using death rates for continuing smokers and quitters obtained from this review.
In small
cell lung cancer, starting from bioinformatics analyses of large gene expression datasets, we clustered subsets of co-expressed gene modules, derived networks of transcription factors and simulated their dynamics
using logic - based mathematical modeling.
We compared adjusted and unadjusted estimates separately for each outcome in both non-small
cell and small
cell lung cancer, and we tested for statistical heterogeneity by
using the I2 test.
The first UK license for CRISPR / Cas9
use in editing genes in human embryos was granted in 2016, xvii and CRISPR - edited
cells to treat
lung cancer were administered in the world's first human trials for the technique by a Chinese group in late 2016.
Cisplatin, a commonly
used chemotherapeutic reagent in
lung cancer treatment (Wang and Lippard, 2005; Chattopadhyay et al., 2006), was utilized to treat the
cells.
Two clinical trials that
used antibodies to block PD - 1 and PD - L1, a related molecule that binds to PD - 1, resulted in significant and long lasting responses against melanoma skin
cancer, renal
cell (kidney)
cancer, and
lung cancer.
The U.S. drug maker released a statement on Monday saying that its Keynote - 010 study, a randomized Phase two - third trial, showed that patients who were taking two different doses of Keytruda (FDA - approved two mg / kg dose and treatment dose of 10 mg / kg given every three weeks) had longer survival compared to those who took docetaxel, the drug widely
used for non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Title of thesis: «Study of the pro-apoptotic effect of histones deacetylases inhibitors,
used alone and concurrently with chemotherapeutic agents, on human
lung cancer cells».
As our aim was to indicate general tissue specific carcinogenic properties, we
used all the known subtypes of these
cancers, including (1) hyper mutated and non-hypermutated colon
cancers; (2)
lung adenocarcinomas, large
cell carcinomas, and squamous
cell carcinomas (3) HER2 positive, basal, luminal A and luminal B breast
cancers; and (4) hepatitis B or hepatitis C, cirrhosis or other agent causing hepatocellular carcinoma data.
The featured
lung cancer study, for instance, not only
used synthetic vitamin E (tocopheryl) but also neglected to include any tocotrienols, which have previously been shown to kill
cancer stem
cells, the most malignant of all
cells with a tumor.5 As noted by Dr. Andrew Saul, the study was set up to fail: 6
In Wisconsin, a group of researchers conducted a study
using mice to see if adding pomegranate juice to their diet made a significant impact on
lung cancer cells.
Since the most common cause of death is not the tumor, but the spread of
cancer to the
lungs, chemotherapy is
used to make sure that all of the
cancer cells are killed (Adriamycin (doxorubicin) and cisplatin or carboplatin).