Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

A faster, oral alternative to docetaxel is set to reach NHS clinics after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended darolutamide (Nubeqa, Bayer) in combination with ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Combining osimertinib with chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival in advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The FLAURA2 trial showed a consistent survival benefit and extended ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat — and the deadliest. Fewer than 10% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer live beyond five years. A few factors ...

Imagine that you've just been told you have cancer. The good news is that it's early stage. Still, your doctor believes a course of chemotherapy would boost your survival odds. Then this week you read ...

Akeega combines niraparib, a PARP inhibitor, and abiraterone acetate, a CYP17 inhibitor, into a single tablet for BRCA2-mutated mCSPC.

Chemotherapy, anti-cancer drugs that stop the growth of tumor cells, encompasses a wide variety of different agents. Some chemotherapeutic agents work by directly killing cancer cells, while others ...

New cancer research pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a strong alternative to chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for some forms of cancer. Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a ...

Chemotherapy and radiation are common treatments for lung cancer. However, immunotherapy may be able to help double a patient's survival, according to a new report. Researchers from New York ...