While chemotherapy is widely used and quite effective, the side effects are numerous and can be quite severe. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a potential cancer therapy that could be both incredibly effective and specific. This article summarizes the current state of ADCs in cancer therapy.
Individuals with certain germline pathogenic variants had a substantially higher risk for developing gastric cancer after Helicobacter pylori infection, results of a Japan-based case-control study showed.The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest risk for gastric cancer is more heavily related to hereditary factors than previously thought, the investigators noted.
A new combination of drugs slowed the growth of cancer cells by an unexpected mechanism that may one day lead to improved treatment of cervical cancer, a UT Southwestern-led study published in Molecular Cancer Research suggests.
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