Historic Event Unites 22 Late-Stage Cancer Survivors with Top Scientists From Around the World!
Last November, CHIPSA Hospital hosted a unique, first-of-its-kind event celebrating the lives of 22 late stage cancer survivors who, according to doctors, shouldn’t even be alive. Surrounded by world-renowned doctors, scientists, and researchers, these patients shared their inspiring stories of how they healed their terminal disease when conventional treatment had failed them. CHIPSA is not an […]
Continue readingResearch Team Discovers New Immune “Checkpoint” Protein
A recent report in the journal Cell showed that a team led by Vanderbilt researchers has found a new “checkpoint” protein on immune system cells in active, malignant tumors. In mouse models, blocking this protein, along with using other treatments, has been an effective approach to treating cancerous cells. Checkpoint proteins are an important component of […]
Continue readingResearchers Use AI to Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes
A research team from the University of Maryland is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the most effective ways to treat cancer patients with immunotherapy. Immunotherapy takes advantage of the body’s own immune system to fight off cancer, and in the past decade, it has been very successful in treating patients with localized and advanced […]
Continue readingTecentriq Triple Combo Under FDA Review for NSCLC Treatment
Genetech has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be reviewing its Tecentriq (atezolizumab) combined with chemotherapy drugs Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel) and carboplatin for treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The drug will be for patients without any mutations in the EGFR and ALK genes. Tecentriq is a checkpoint inhibitor drug that targets […]
Continue readingScientists Discover New Way to Predict Immunotherapy Responses
Immune checkpoint inhibitors like Keytruda offer new ways to treat cancer patients who might otherwise have no options. But the treatment has posed challenges to health care professionals when it comes to figuring out which tumors will respond to immunotherapy and which tumors won’t. A research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New […]
Continue readingOn the Brink of Curing Cancer: How Nobel Prize Winners Offer Hope
The way we understand cancer treatment in the U.S. is changing. This year’s Nobel prizes in medicine honored new scientific breakthroughs that suggest we may be close to finding a cure for cancer. One of the Nobel-prize winners, Dr. James P. Allison, has made great strides in advancing cancer immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a treatment […]
Continue readingExcess Radiation Used in Breast Cancer Treatment
A new study revealed that more than half of older American women who were diagnosed with early breast cancer may get more radiation therapy than they actually need, therefore increasing medical costs. Based on data from 2011, researchers had estimated that around $164 million in costs could have been saved by ordering a shorter radiation […]
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