Experimental Glioblastoma Vaccine Shows Promise in Slowing Brain Tumor Growth
In clinical trials, 97% of patients receiving a new glioblastoma vaccine did not experience tumor progression in the six months following treatment. Learn more ...
Cleveland Clinic
Better experimental models to help drugs succeed in clinical trials
Dr Amanda Swain leads the ICR's Tumour Profiling Unit, which is a state-of-the-art centre designed to accelerate progress towards precision medicine. Dr Swain ...
The Institute of Cancer Research, London
This could change the way cancer is treated | The Economist
A combination of drugs, including aspirin and statins, are being tested to treat cancer and other illnesses. There is mounting clinical evidence that the ...
The Economist
New Options for Lung Cancer Therapies
Dr. Joel Neal, a Stanford Cancer Institute researcher and oncologist, discussed clinical research on lung cancer therapies with a focus on immunotherapy and ...
Stanford Health Care
Experimental drugs helps cancer patient recover
A woman with stage-four breast cancer begged for help on Facebook. But after getting drugs available only through a clinical trial, and changing other parts of ...
ABC Action News
Dr. Alex Petrushevski - 'Red meat and cancer'
Dr Alex Petrushevski graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2008 and trained as a junior medical officer at Royal Hobart and Nepean hospitals. He then ...
Low Carb Down Under
Experimental Drug Shows New Promise for Advanced Melanoma Patients
Watch UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Antonia Ribas on KNBC Channel 4 news, in a report on an experimental drug for advanced ...
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment with Metformin
Video abstract of review paper “The beneficial effects of metformin on cancer prevention and therapy: a comprehensive review on recent advances” published in ...
Dove Medical Press
Understanding Clinical Trials
This animation explains what clinical trials are, how they are conducted, and why they are important for patients with diseases like pancreatic cancer.
ThePancreasPatient
Immunotherapy: Boosting the immune system to fight cancer
The concept of 'teaching' the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells is over a century old, but the development of immunotherapeutic strategies ...
nature video
Experimental cancer therapy shown to dramatically prolong life
Duke University released a study Wednesday detailing the results of an experimental treatment aimed at getting a patient's immune system to fight off ...
CBS Evening News
Cancer: Who Lives? Who dies? | Ted Goldstein Ph.D. | TEDxSanFrancisco
Ted Goldstein is a Silicon Valley tech executive turned cancer researcher. After a successful career and an instrumental role as top executive at Apple, Ted ...
TEDx Talks
5 Things Patients Need to Know About Immunotherapy Clinical Trials, with Leena Gandhi
Thousands of clinical trials are under way right now, testing new combinations of old immunotherapies as well as potentially even more effective ...
Cancer Research Institute
What is a randomised trial?
To find out more about clinical trials visit http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/trials/ Find out how and why researchers use randomisation to test new ...
Cancer Research UK
Experimental Vaccine Doubles Survival for Glioblastoma Patients
CBS News Path features a brain cancer vaccine study led by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Researcher Dr. Linda Liau.
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Experimental therapy trains immune cells to hunt and kill blood cancers
At the University of Pennsylvania, a research team has been working on an experimental treatment to kill leukemia with a patient's own immune system cells.
PBS NewsHour
Starting a New Day After Multiple Cancers: Shirley's Immunotherapy Story
Shirley Dumont of Southgate, Michigan, has had cancer more times than she can count. #PatientStories #CIM16 It started with breast cancer when she was just ...
Cancer Research Institute
Experimental Treatment Sends Deadly Leukemia Into Remission
Dr. Thomas P. Loughran Jr. MD., Director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center of discusses his work and research looking for a leukemia cure.
Medicine Virginia
Experimental Chemo Drug Spares Brain Tumor Patient Side Effects Ahead of Wedding
Chris Amundsen, 37, wears a hat to hide the hair he lost from his first round of chemotherapy. But, he won't have to worry about those side effects after his ...
Northwell Health
Which Cancers Can Be Treated With Immunotherapy? Ask a Scientist
Jeffrey Weber, M.D., Ph.D., discusses immunotherapy as a treatment option for all cancer types. For more ...
Cancer Research Institute
Turning the Tables Against Pancreatic Cancer with Immunotherapy, with Robert Vonderheide
In this webinar designed for patients and caregivers, Robert Vonderheide, M.D., D.Phil., discussed current immunotherapy treatment options for patients with ...
Cancer Research Institute
Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer with Gregory Beatty
On November 20, 2014, Gregory Beatty, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Cancer Research Institute
Randomization in Clinical Trials
In some phase 2 and all phase 3 clinical trials, patients are assigned to groups that receive different treatments. The process of assigning patients to these ...
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Research Institute video: Redefining "Cure"
Redefining "Cure": How Science Is Reshaping Our Perception of Cancer and How to Treat It Many cancer charities today say they're working toward finding "the ...
Cancer Research Institute
New Ways Immunotherapy Targets Breast Cancer, with Silvia Formenti
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In this webinar designed for patients and caregivers, Silvia Formenti, M.D., discussed current immunotherapy ...
Cancer Research Institute
Experimental Glioblastoma Therapy Has Promise in Treatment-Resistant Cancers
An experimental glioblastoma therapy with promising 12-month results may also have potential with other treatment-resistant cancers, according to Jeffrey ...
AJMCtv
Talking to Your Oncologist about Cancer Immunotherapy
When do most patients first learn about immunotherapy? How long can you start after your initial course of treatment? How does it feel to take part in a clinical ...
Cancer Research Institute
Experimental Therapy for Pediatric Cancer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical trials are among the fastest and safest ways to find treatments that work against pediatric cancer. Studies have shown that children's survival rates are ...
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
FDA to improve access to experimental cancer drugs
Thousands of gravely ill cancer patients each year seek "compassionate use" access to treatments that are not yet on the market, but have shown some promise ...
CBS News
Getting My Life Back After Glioblastoma: Carol's Immunotherapy Story
Carol was looking for treatment options for her stage IV glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. http://www.cancerresearch.org/june She found a Cancer Research ...
Cancer Research Institute
Brain tumor survivor's clinical trial recharges him | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
After suffering from severe headaches, Kevin was told he had a brain tumor. Despite surgery, his stage 4 glioblastoma returned. But a clinical trial drug enabled ...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Richard Carvajal Describes Columbia's Experimental Cancer Therapy Program
The Columbia University Medical Center's Experimental Therapeutics/ Phase 1 Program provides our cancer patients access to the most promising, innovative ...
ColumbiaDoctors
Understanding Clinical Trials
American Brain Tumor Association
Drawn to Science | Biomarkers in drug discovery
A biomarker is any sign of a biological process that can be measured, giving indication on the status of an organism in health and disease. From simple ...
Roche
Proteomics, Ovarian Cancer, and Experimental Design
Keith Baggerly - Proteomics, Ovarian Cancer, and Experimental Design.
RCMI Program UPR Medical Sciences Campus
Organizer Interview: Cancer Stem Cells: Advances in Biology and Clinical Translation
Cancer Stem Cells: Advances in Biology and Clinical Translation (T2) Scientific Organizers: Irene Oi Lin Ng, Xin Wei Wang & Dean G. Tang October 13—17, ...
KeystoneSymposia
CAPTIVE Clinical Trial for Glioblastoma
An innovative new clinical trial at Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center harnesses the power of the immune system to take on recurrent brain tumors.
Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
Investigational Drug Accountability: DARF Basics
This video from the NCI Pharmaceutical Management Branch will review the basics of using the NCI Investigational Agent Accountability Record Form, ...
National Cancer Institute
A New Norm for Skin Cancer Patients: Dale’s Immunotherapy Story
Like many of us, Dale spent a lot of time in the sun and didn't think to protect his skin from harmful UV radiation. #CIM18 #PatientStories Years later, ...
Cancer Research Institute
Basics of Immunotherapy with Dr. Charles Drake – NYC Immunotherapy Patient Summit 2018
Charles Drake, M.D., Ph.D., of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, provides a 20-minute introduction to the basics of immunotherapy, ...
Cancer Research Institute
Pay It Forward: Volunteering for a Clinical Trial
Getting medical discoveries from the research lab to patients depends on clinical trials and the people who volunteer to participate in them. Volunteering in a trial ...
Alliance for Aging Research
A vaccine to personalize colorectal cancer treatment
MD Anderson researchers and physicians are working together to treat colorectal cancer patients using a new personalized cancer vaccine available through a ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center