Health Oct 20 Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer
Science Oct 01 James Allison and Tasuku Honjo, cancer immunotherapy trailblazers, take home 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in in Medicine for a branch of medicine that calls on our immune systems to fight tumors. By Nsikan Akpan
Health Nov 17 African American women face a more aggressive type of endometrial cancer. Researchers can’t explain why Endometrial cancer, a common form of uterine cancer, has an 80 percent rate of survival over a five-year period in most women diagnosed at age 60 and above. But African American women are more likely to have a more aggressive… By Dr. Amber Robins
Health Sep 02 Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long? Experts say doctors who counsel immunotherapy and hold onto hopes for remission are postponing conversations about palliative care and end-of-life wishes. By Bob Tedeschi, STAT
Health Apr 13 Watch 6:33 Why tech titan Sean Parker is bankrolling collaborative cancer research By PBS NewsHour
May 11 Watch New study looks at immunotherapy to treat common cancers By PBS NewsHour A study this week says scientists have devised a new approach that represents the blueprint for making immunotherapy available to treat common cancers, and may allow doctors to target what is unique about each person's cancer. Continue watching