Oncology

What’s in the newly updated guidelines for managing diabetes?
The new guidance introduces pivotal updates that help better refine diagnostic and therapeutic workflows. It also emphasizes an environment of highly individualized, technology-supported, and preventive diabetes care.
Canadian pancreatic cancer specialist expects to open clinical trials on pill that doubled survival time
The drug targets a mutation found in more than 90% of pancreatic cancers.

‘Having treated pancreatic cancer for 16 years, I actually started crying’: Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

‘While not curing the cancer, it is a very large step forward,’ said Dr. Zev Wainberg, of the University of California, Los Angeles, who helped lead the study.
NEW DRUG: Loqtorzi for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Get the info you need on this new product, part of our drug news roundup for June.
Five tips for answering common questions about cell and gene therapies

The field of cell and gene therapies is a fascinating and complex area of drug development that has led to breakthroughs in the treatment of several types of cancer and some rare genetic disorders.
Best of times, worst of times: Montreal clinic cares for pregnant women with cancer

The clinic’s goal is to centralize decision-making so patients no longer have to co-ordinate their own care while coping with cancer and pregnancy simultaneously.
Inflammatory bowel disease: Who is most at risk of colorectal cancer?

The patient records included in the study cover more than 60 years of colorectal cancer screening.
A high-fat diet may fuel more aggressive tumours: study

Researchers say fatty acids and cholesterol appeared to alter the structure of some hard-to-treat breast cancer cells in lab experiments.
Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

Early findings suggest a modified cancer immunotherapy may help suppress HIV for months—or even years—without daily medication.
No longer ‘undruggable’: UBC study reaches breakthrough in developing potential new treatment for prostate cancer

As described in a study published in Nature Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy in late April, researchers looked into targeting the androgen receptors as a way to combat prostate cancer.

What’s in the newly updated guidelines for managing diabetes?

Canadian pancreatic cancer specialist expects to open clinical trials on pill that doubled survival time

‘Having treated pancreatic cancer for 16 years, I actually started crying’: Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

NEW DRUG: Loqtorzi for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Five tips for answering common questions about cell and gene therapies

Best of times, worst of times: Montreal clinic cares for pregnant women with cancer

Inflammatory bowel disease: Who is most at risk of colorectal cancer?

A high-fat diet may fuel more aggressive tumours: study

Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

No longer ‘undruggable’: UBC study reaches breakthrough in developing potential new treatment for prostate cancer