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Could an Injection of Dead Cells Help Fight Cancer?

Dead cells in the body don't sound very useful, but they might provide a new way to fight cancer, a

New findings suggest an unexpected path to killing cancer cells could make the hottest cancer treatment, immunotherapy, more effective. Researchers

Even as overall cancer incidence and mortality decrease in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential way to target a subtype of acute

Any parent of a child with a severe peanut allergy knows the peril of a PB&J. For those with the

Unleashing the immune system to fight tumors—an approach enabled by immunotherapy—has led to remarkable outcomes in some cancer patients, but

“You see this place on the image? That’s where your kidney was,” says VCU Massey Cancer Center medical oncologist Asit

Cancer immunotherapy—efforts to boost a patient’s own immune system, allowing it to better fight cancer cells on its own—has shown

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer, but new research challenges the central dogma of how these drugs

Using a targeted therapy to block a protein that suppresses T cell activity could improve cancer treatment with immune checkpoint