How to make more cancers vulnerable to immunotherapies
Cancer immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors can bring dramatic, life-saving results – but only for a limited fraction of patients. Aiming to help more patients benefit, researchers in...
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Helping more bladder cancer patients preserve a functioning bladder
Knight Cancer clinicians at Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center are the first in Oregon to offer a treatment option that will improve outcomes for patients with bladder cancer who cannot tolerate surgery or...
Instant message to cancer cells: time to die
Cancer researchers have uncovered a signaling link – like a Snapchat between cells – that could be used to make tumors more vulnerable to therapy....
After breast-conserving surgery, how much radiation therapy is enough?
Clinical trials have long since proved that breast-conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy is an effective alternative to mastectomy. But uncertainty persists about the required doses...