Tag: chemotherapy

Rare Laryngeal Leiomyosarcoma Successfully Treated with Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy

May 13, 2026

“Laryngeal leiomyosarcoma (LLMS) is an exceptionally rare malignant tumor, accounting for less than 1 % of all laryngeal cancers, which are predominantly epithelial in origin.” BUFFALO, NY - May 13,… read more

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Lessons from ACDC-RP Trial: Designing Neoadjuvant Therapy Trials for Prostatectomy

October 7, 2024

“While the ACDC-RP trial adds to the litany of negative trials in this disease space, there are key takeaways from this trial that can inform future clinical trial design.” BUFFALO,… read more

Figure 2: Immunoblot assessment of effects on cell-cycle, pro- and anti-apoptosis signaling events mediated by Sacituzumab govitecan plus platinum-based chemotherapeutics in human TNBC, SCLC, and UBC tumor-lines.

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Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Platinum-based Chemotherapy in Breast, Bladder, and Lung Carcinomas

March 4, 2024

“[...] these results support the rationale and potential for favorable clinical outcomes of combining SG therapy with platinum-based chemotherapeutics in solid tumors.” BUFFALO, NY- March 4, 2024 – A new… read more

Figure 1: (A) Sliced fresh tumor samples were cultured in 96-well plates and viability was measured with PrestoBlue daily for 5 days. X-axis is days, and Y-axis is proportion of viability. (B) Sliced fresh tumor samples were embedded with paraffin, and tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Masson trichrome, αSMA, CD34 and Ki-67 antibodies.

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Real-Time Live Tissue Sensitivity Assay for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

September 19, 2023

“This approach may allow clinicians to select the most effective therapeutic agents with real time in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.” BUFFALO, NY- September 19, 2023 – A new research paper… read more

Figure 1: Response to docetaxel in second or third line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer after a treatment with chemo-immunotherapy.

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Value of Chemotherapy Post Immunotherapy in Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

June 7, 2023

“[...] large multicenter prospective randomized trials are needed to provide the clinical evidence for the use of [chemotherapy] in second line and third-line post [immunotherapy] failure.” Listen to an audio… read more

Figure 6: Synergistic/antagonistic combinations.

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Oncotarget | Selective Protection of Normal Cells From Chemotherapy, While Killing Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells

March 13, 2023

“Selective protection of normal cells may transform therapy of cancer.” Listen to an audio version of this press release BUFFALO, NY- March 13, 2023 – A new review paper was… read more

Figure 2: Histopathological evaluation of oral mucositis on days 4, 8, 12 and 15. (truncated)

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Oncotarget | The Chromatographic Constitution of Andiroba Oil and its Healing Effects…

January 24, 2023

“The andiroba extract in wounds provides acceleration in healing process, with increase of contraction rate and local re-epithelialization, resulting in the complete closure of wounds [52].” Listen to an audio… read more

Figure 1: Demographic factors, comorbidities and therapy regime of the melanoma patients in percentage, age in years.

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Oncotarget | Impact of Covid-19 on Management of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

January 11, 2023

“In this study, we aimed to analyze our experience with patients suffering from Sars-CoV-2 infection while receiving treatment for metastatic melanoma.” BUFFALO, NY- January 11, 2023 – A new research… read more

“Association of fall rate and functional status by APOE genotype in cancer survivors after exercise intervention.”

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Behind the Study: APOE Genotype Determines Cancer Patients Most Likely to Benefit From Exercise

December 13, 2022

Dr. Kerri Winters-Stone and Dr. Jacob Raber from Oregon Health and Science University, describe a research paper they co-authored that was published by Oncotarget in Volume 13, entitled, “Association of… read more

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Oncotarget | Mutation Analysis Performed on Tumor Biopsies From Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Germinal Center Aggressive B Cell Lymphomas

November 17, 2022

“Our analysis demonstrates that the presence of CREBBP mutations in tumor biopsies from patients with newly-diagnosed GCB DLBCL/HGBL is associated with poorer DFS [disease free survival] following treatment with front-line… read more