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Three Ways Research Could Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Pancreatic cancer has long been difficult to detect and treat. Dana-Farber experts in the Hale Family Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, however, are working to change that with research efforts in three key areas that are poised to advance early detection, early intervention, and treatment of the disease.
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CD123 Targeted Therapies
CD123 is the alpha subunit of the interleukin 3 (IL-3) receptor. It pairs with a beta subunit, CD131, to transmit cytokine signals from the outside to inside of several types of immune and hematopoietic cells. CD123 is highly expressed on the cell surface of several blood cancers.
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia Triplet Therapies: Easy as 1, 2, 3
Venetoclax is an oral selective BCL2 inhibitor, which can restore apoptotic activation in leukemia cells that are dependent on this dysregulated pathway, and in combination with azacitidine (Aza/Ven), is an approved and common frontline therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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Menin Inhibitors: A New Class of Anti-Leukemic Agents
A new and potentially broadly applicable class of anti-leukemic agents has arrived on the scene due to preclinical work done in the laboratory of Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in collaboration with members of the Adult Leukemia Program within Medical Oncology at Dana-Farber led by Richard Stone, MD, Chief of Staff.
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Dana-Farber Research Uncovers Potential Targeted Therapy for Endometrial Cancer
Jessica St. Laurent, MD, was sure something had gone wrong. The results of an experiment she’d run showed that the cancer cells she was studying had abnormally high levels of a specific collection of proteins of interest to her team.
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Clinical Trials Unite Doctors, Researchers, and Patients to Advance Treatments
Evaluating new medical therapies in people through a rigorous, systematic process, known as a clinical trial, is the pinnacle of clinical research and the primary mechanism through which novel treatments are proven safe and effective in cancer — or any other disease.
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New Research Sheds Light on Why Tamoxifen May Lead to Higher Risk of Uterine Cancer
Since its introduction in the 1970s, tamoxifen has significantly improved survival rates for millions of patients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer.
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Dana-Farber Researchers Find Less Treatment May be More in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
For a long time, the standard treatment for younger patients with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma involved intensive chemotherapy, called induction therapy, followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT, where the patient’s own stem cells are used), followed by maintenance therapy to help keep the cancer from coming back.
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New Strategy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Emerges from Dana-Farber Science
Dana-Farber researchers have provided the mechanistic and preclinical evidence needed to support a clinical trial of a new class of drugs called direct cyclin inhibitors in patients with a range of cancers.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Unveils Groundbreaking Blood Test for Multiple Myeloma
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions.
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Dana-Farber Research Shows Promise for Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Gliomas
Results from this study show that already approved precision medicines have the potential benefit for children with FGFR-altered gliomas.
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TILs: What Are They and How Are They Used in Cancer Treatment?
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy uses a patient’s own immune system T cells to fight cancer.