Targeted therapies are cancer medications that work more selectively than standard chemotherapy medications. They do this by targeting specific molecules or genetic changes in cancer cells in order to ...

Targeted therapies are a type of medicine used to treat cancer. They work differently than standard chemotherapy. Instead of killing all fast-growing cells or keeping them from dividing, targeted ...

Lung cancer in never-smokers exhibits distinct biological characteristics, often leading to late-stage diagnoses due to lack of screening. Targeted therapies, guided by molecular testing, offer ...

Experts agree that combination approaches, which may or may not include chemotherapy, will drive improved patient outcomes in oncology.

A new clinical trial led by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology will investigate if a combination of drug therapies after radiation therapy improves outcomes for people with newly-diagnosed, ...

Actinium-225 is an alpha emitter, spewing out tiny bundles of energy that promise to kill cancer cells, but only at short range. This isotope and others like it are the focus of a ...

Modern medicine is more advanced than ever, yet clinical care still leans heavily on what is, in practice, informed guesswork. Doctors make the most probable diagnosis, select the therapy most likely ...

IgA nephropathy (IgAN), or Berger’s disease, is a kidney condition that occurs when abnormal immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies trigger inflammation in the kidneys. Until recently, treatment for IgAN ...

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