oncology
Immunotherapy injection shrinks tumours in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jul, 2026
by Alexander Muller
A targeted cancer treatment given via a simple injection under the skin shrank tumours in more than one third of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer whose disease has stopped responding to standard treatments.
Novel IL1RAP therapy advances toward pancreatic cancer clinical trial
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jul, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Blocking IL1RAP, a receptor that sits at a key control point in inflammatory signaling, can disrupt the tumor-driven inflammatory network that helps pancreatic cancer resist treatment, according to new research.
Why more under-50s are being diagnosed with cancer than earlier generations
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jul, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Faster ageing among young adults could explain why more under-50s are getting cancer, researchers have said.
A New Era of Progress Against Pancreatic Cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The recent momentum around KRAS-targeting therapies is so exciting because the benefit to patients is profound. Daraxonrasib, a pill that targets RAS, doubles survival in patients with previously treated pancreatic cancer – this magnitude of benefit over available therapies has never been seen before in pancreatic cancer.
Lung cancer cells switch identity to resist treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Cancer scientists have discovered that lung cancer cells can change their identity to resist treatment.