While it seems that revolutionary cancer drugs seem to make headlines and then fall by the wayside every few months or years, occasionally something comes along that really does have the power to change the lives of cancer patients. One such cancer treatment is called CAR-T therapy. Th...
In CAR-T cell therapy, a patient's cells are genetically modified to include a new protein that directs that specific white blood cell (known as T-cell) to target and kill leukemia cells. Continue reading What to avoid when taking Gleevec? Talk to your doctor about warnings, side ...
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are used in GIST to target proteins such as KIT and PDGFRA.10 Ablation and Embolization If the GIST has spread to the liver and surgery is not an option, ablation and embolization may be considered. With ablation, tumors are destroyed using extreme heat or...
Although in the last six decades minimal or partial success has been achieved with drugs such as Gleevec or a few other modalities, this limited success was only for the treatment of leukemia and non-solid or soft tissue tumors. A common trend in the design of novel cancer therapies as ...