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In 10 seconds? FLASH radiotherapy is a promising area of research to make cancer radiotherapy safer and more effective. Cancer researchers are working hard to make this vision a reality. Can you remind me what radiotherapy is? Ab...
In 10 seconds? If you spent time trying to understand the mechanics of COVID-19 during the pandemic you must have come across Interleukin-2, or IL-2, touted as a weapon against infection. This special protein is produced by our im...
In 10 seconds? How can we improve patients’ response to cancer immunotherapies? Researchers are studying cell clusters called tertiary lymphoid structures to achieve a breakthrough. Tertiary lymphoid what? That sounds so complex!...
In 10 seconds? Ferroptosis is a recently discovered mechanism of cell death. Scientists are exploring ways that ferroptosis – meaning iron death - could be induced to treat drug-resistant cancers. What do you mean by ‘mechanism o...
In 10 seconds? Bi-specific T cell engagers, or BiTEs, are cutting-edge cancer treatments that are having success in treating some types of blood cancers. Exciting new data on next-generation formulations of these treatments show t...
In 10 seconds? Recent US data show that patients commonly experience months-long delays in cancer diagnosis after seeking medical care for worrisome symptoms. Work to minimize these delays is essential to improve outcomes for canc...
In 10 seconds? Excess body weight is a growing cause of cancer worldwide. The number of these cancers increased 34% in the last decade! Scientists are working to better understand this issue and come up with solutions. I guess th...
In 10 seconds? Cancer patients with rare cancers could finally benefit from tailored treatment decisions, or ‘precision oncology,’ thanks to genetic testing for hereditary traits. What do you mean by hereditary traits? The geneti...
In 10 seconds? Lymphoma patients with healthy levels of vitamin D seem to respond better to cancer treatments than those with below healthy levels. If results like these hold up in larger studies, it will mean that cancer patients...