Discovery could crack prostate cancer drug resistance

New research opens the door to new treatment strategies that could overcome prostate cancer's resistance to a common chemo drug.

Washington State • futurity
Jan. 24, 2024 ~5 min

Stim device may ease neuropathy foot pain for people with cancer

A device may help people with cancer who suffer from burning and shooting pain and cramping in their lower limbs brought on by chemotherapy.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 12, 2024 ~6 min


DNA trick makes resistant cancer vulnerable to chemo

Cancer drug resistance remains a leading reason why treatments for specific cancers eventually do not work. New research could help.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Jan. 4, 2024 ~5 min

Can diet, exercise improve chemo outcomes with breast cancer?

An intervention involving diet and exercise may benefit women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, a study finds.

Michael Masciadrelli-Yale • futurity
Sept. 27, 2023 ~4 min

New Hodgkin lymphoma treatment shines in clinical trial

"We hypothesized that the newer treatment would turn out to be most beneficial for patients, but the magnitude of the benefit exceeded our expectations."

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
June 9, 2023 ~6 min

Ovarian cancer cells shield neighbors from chemotherapy

New research may explain why some patients with ovarian cancer respond poorly to chemotherapy or relapse after treatment.

Asher Jones-U. Pittsburgh • futurity
March 9, 2023 ~7 min

Breast cancer drugs face a ‘whack-a-mole’ problem

Researchers have discovered for the first time how deadly hard-to-treat breast cancers persist after chemotherapy.

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
Jan. 3, 2023 ~5 min

Gel-like implant destroys pancreatic cancer in mice

A new approach that combines a gel-like radiation implant and chemotherapy completely dissolved pancreatic cancer in 80% percent of mice.

Ken Kingery-Duke • futurity
Oct. 21, 2022 ~8 min


2 compounds offer stronger, less toxic leukemia treatment

Newly identified compounds could lead to drugs that offer safer, more targeted treatment for leukemia patients, researchers report.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Aug. 25, 2022 ~10 min

COVID vax might not fully protect cancer patients on chemo

Researchers found less of an immune system response to the COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cancer who are on chemotherapy. A third shot helped, though.

U. Arizona • futurity
Oct. 12, 2021 ~4 min

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