A study presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018 discussed preliminary data on an off-the-shelf, T-cell receptor (TCR)-less, dual-targeted CD19-CAR T-cell product, FT819. In proof-of-concept preclinical studies, FT819 was found …
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Early this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a combination immunotherapy regimen for treating certain patients newly diagnosed with advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common form …
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This post originally appeared on the Cancer Today website.
Roads and roadblocks, both literal and metaphorical, figured into a panel discussion on the state of cancer research and care in the …
An exciting area in drug development, immunotherapy is being increasingly utilized by patients with different cancer types. These treatments work by stimulating the patient’s immune system to effectively target and …
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Monday ushered in a ray of hope and promise for the lung cancer community at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018 – the clinical trial plenary session featured blockbuster trials testing …
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This post originally appeared on the Cancer Today website.
“This is a historic time in cancer research,” said Elizabeth Jaffee, president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), citing breakthroughs …
As the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research unfolded yesterday morning, the excitement among the attendees walking through the halls of McCormick Place in Chicago was …
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Two graduates of the AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program, a special educational experience that gives patient advocates the opportunity to attend and learn from researchers at the AACR Annual Meeting, have put together some tips to help guide advocates who are attending this or any large scientific conference.
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The AACR’s Pediatric Cancer Working Group, which now boasts over 2,500 members, will hold a special scientific session at the Annual Meeting, where ongoing advances and existing challenges in cancer research will be discussed through the pediatric lens.
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The concept of body mass index, or BMI, was introduced in the 19th century by the Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet. Quetelet sought to define “L’homme Moyen,” or the “Average Man,” …
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Television series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation familiarized viewers with advances in forensic science that allow investigators to detect minute amounts of a person’s unique DNA sequence found at a crime scene and analyze it to implicate or exonerate a suspect. Similar DNA technologies can also detect and analyze small numbers of cancer cells in blood.
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