Genetic Testing: Learning More About Your Cancer Risk
September 2, 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Genetic testing can be an important tool in helping patients learn about their inherited cancer risk, but the results are not always as clear as patients might expect. Just as traits such as hair color and eye color can be passed down from parents to...
Treating Cancer During COVID-19: Nicole’s Story
August 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to its knees, preventing many events from taking place and closing the doors of uncountable businesses. People across the world were advised to stay inside and only leave the house for necessities. At first it was strange, uncomfortable,...
Immunotherapy: Fighting Cancer and More?
June 3, 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Learn about recent advances in the field of immunotherapy, including how some treatments are now being leveraged to combat other infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Did you know that your best defense against illness and disease is already at work inside of you? Your immune system --...
First-in-Class Drug Candidate Developed Through National Foundation for Cancer Research Funding Commences International Phase IIB Liver Cancer Clinical Trial
May 19, 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2020 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Program Development E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 Three Decades of NFCR Basic and Translational Research Funding to Primary Investigator Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng and Project Advances New Systems Biology Paradigm for Cancer Treatment World-First Phase...
New Discovery May Significantly Broaden the Applicability of T-Cell Immunotherapy
March 19, 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Researchers at the University of Cardiff discovered that MR1-restricted T-cells can be used to broaden both the types of cancer and patients that can be treated using cellular therapy. During the past decade, cancer immunotherapy has emerged, along with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, as a fourth,...
Home Urine Test for Prostate Cancer Developed
January 27, 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="31110" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scientists at the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the United Kingdom have developed a prostate cancer screening test that uses urine and can be completed at home. This new method, called the PUR...