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 “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 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 […]

Inactive cancer patients at increased risk of Covid-19, study finds According to a new study, inactive cancer patients who are not undergoing any treatment may also have to face severe consequences of Covid-19 infection. The study, published in the journal ‘JNCI Cancer Spectrum’, recommended strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols for all patients, not just for […]

Prevalence and associated factors of baseline anemia among cervical cancer patients in Tikur … Study design, period and area Institutional based cross-sectional study was done at the cancer center of TASH from March to April 2019. TASH is the biggest referral public hospital in Ethiopia established in 1972. It is the training center of health […]