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Immunotherapy treatment gives lung cancer patient second chance

January 22, 2018 Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  Immunotherapy,  Nicole Blanton

A few years ago, Katherine Dill was leading a full life with her two children in Texas when she noticed something different about her face.

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How immunotherapy is transforming cancer treatment and patient care

October 16, 2017 Cancer,  Dr. Andrew Sikora,  Eliana Amram,  Immunotherapy,  otolaryngology

From surgical intervention to targeted therapies, a wide range of treatment options are now available for many patients with cancer. Immunotherapy is a tool that

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From The Labs

“Off-the-shelf” cells are safe and effective to treat viral infections

September 29, 2017 BK virus,  bone marrow transplant,  Epstein-Barr virus,  HHV-6 virus,  Immunotherapy,  viral inection

A bone marrow transplant can be a life-saving treatment for patients with certain cancers and other serious illnesses that have not responded to conventional chemotherapies.

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From The Labs

Mouse blood vessels and immune system can team up against cancer metastasis

May 19, 2017 angiogenesis,  anti-blood vessel therapy,  Breast Cancer,  Breast cancer microenvironment,  Immunotherapy,  Mouse models,  T cells,  vessel normalization

Picture a shapeless, small mass of tumor cells inside an otherwise healthy organ. The tumor is growing, thanks, among other things, to its ability to

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From The Labs

How understanding tumor diversity can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer

November 28, 2016 Cancer,  Cancer Genome Atlas,  cancer molecular profile,  Genetics,  Immunotherapy,  immunue check point,  lung cancer,  lymphocyte infiltration

[See video below] “People may think of lung cancer as one disease, but lung cancer is a collection of diverse subtypes of cells and each

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From The Labs

Targeting two cell surface molecules can mitigate escape of solid glioblastoma tumors

September 20, 2016 Cancer,  glioblastoma,  Immunotherapy,  solid tumor,  TanCar T cells

One strategy to fight cancer cells involves ‘training’ the individual’s own immune system to fight the tumor, what is called immunotherapy. One form of immunotherapy

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From The Labs

Targeting B-cell malignancies with κ-specific T cells can lead to complete clinical responses

August 9, 2016 antibody light chains,  B-cell lymphoma,  Cancer,  chimeric antigen receptor,  Immunology,  Immunotherapy,  T lymphocytes

Treating cancer with the patient’s own immune cells has been successful. In particular, treating B cell malignancies with the patients’ own immune T cells modified

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Celebrating strides on #WhiteOutCancerDay

June 12, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine,  Cancer,  Center for Cell and Gene Therapy,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Immunotherapy,  Research,  T cell therapy,  White Out Cancer Day

In recognition of National Cancer Immunotherapy Month and today’s “White Out Cancer Day,” we celebrate significant advances in immunotherapy and its ability to treat cancer.

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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