Neoadjuvant immunotherapy improves outlook in high-risk melanoma
Patients with high-risk melanoma who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab both before and after surgery to remove cancerous tissue had a significantly lower risk of their cancer recurring than similar patients who received the drug only after surgery.
These results, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, are from a research study led by the SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials...
CPRIT awards $2.5 million to support MD Anderson cancer research
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded $2.5 million today from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas...
Immunotherapy before surgery induces complete response in more than half of patients with common skin cancer in international study
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In an international, multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 63.3%...