Researchers found and developed nanoparticles that simultaneously carry chemotherapy and a new immunotherapy. Chemotherapy is a pillar of cancer treatment, but residual cancer cells can persist and cause tumor relapse.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy.
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Do you know malaria drugs work against some cancers? According to a new study, the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
Pennsylvania [US], September 20 (ANI): According to the results of an international, randomized phase III clinical trial led by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and IIc melanoma.