January 26, 2021 | HealthClot

Cancer research goes on despite lockdown

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January 26, 2021
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Cancer research goes on despite lockdown The COVID-19 lockdown hasn’t stop the city’s prestigious cancer hospital carrying out pioneering research on cancer treatment. Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center’s Xuhui branch on Monday launched a clinical trial on a female patient surnamed Zhang to evaluate an experimental treatment for breast cancer. The hospital had planned to carry out the test on January 21, the […]

Mapping out the treatment of breast cancer-related brain metastases

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January 26, 2021
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Mapping out the treatment of breast cancer-related brain metastases “Am I receiving the right treatment for my cancer?” This question weighs heavily on the minds of all cancer patients. In breast cancer, the increase in categorization of cancer subtypes and rigorous clinical trials have led to clearer guidelines as to which treatments pathways would be […]

Anti-CDH17/CD3 BiTE May Have Activity in GI Cancers

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January 26, 2021
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Anti-CDH17/CD3 BiTE May Have Activity in GI Cancers Targeting Cadherin-17 (CDH17) and CD3 with a bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) may be a novel approach for the treatment of pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Promising preclinical study results were presented at the 2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Aberrant expression of CDH17 is present in 50% to 90% of […]

Cancer drug is 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir, study suggests

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January 26, 2021
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Cancer drug is 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir, study suggests Researchers reported Monday in the journal Science that a drug developed to fight multiple myeloma has proved 27.5 times more effective at treating COVID-19 than remdesivir in laboratory studies with infected human lung and kidney cells. The drug, Aplidin or Plitidepsin, […]