Tag: immunotherapy
Faced with glioblastoma, immunotherapy obtains spectacular results
News Published on 03/20/2024 at 11:50 a.m. Updated 03/20/2024 at 11:50 a.m. Reading 4 min. A very aggressive brain tumor, glioblastoma is associated with a terrible prognosis. But immunotherapy, which…
Dr Ivan Pourmir, oncologist: “Immunotherapy should increase the chances of cure for several cancers”
News Published on 01/22/2024 at 12:59 p.m. Updated 01/22/2024 at 12:59 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Ivan Pourmir (medical oncologist) Doctissimo wanted to focus on the latest innovations…
Lung cancer: this immunotherapy improves the long-term survival of difficult forms
News Published on 07/10/2023 at 3:04 p.m. Updated 07/10/2023 at 3:04 p.m. Reading 3 mins. in collaboration with Ivan Pourmir (medical oncologist) A global study has shown that atezolizumab, a…
Endometrial cancer: immunotherapy could be a game-changer
News Published on 03/28/2023 at 5:02 p.m. Updated 03/28/2023 at 5:02 p.m. Reading 4 mins. According to a recent US study, adding immunotherapy to traditional chemotherapy showed a significant reduction…
Immunotherapy: principles, duration, for which cancers?
Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that acts on the patient’s immune system to fight the disease. It cannot be used for all cancers. Summary I’immunotherapy is a cancer treatment Who…
Immunotherapy: what effects on lung cancer?
The singer Florent Pagny has returned to France since January 2023 to resume his immunotherapy treatment interrupted too soon, against his lung cancer. Immunotherapy does not act like chemotherapy at…
Cancer: a doomed patient finally completely cured thanks to immunotherapy
News Published on 01/04/2023 at 10:20 a.m. Updated 01/04/2023 at 10:20 a.m. Reading 4 mins. When he was told he would not live more than 12 months, a 51-year-old Briton…
Risk of infertility in women with cancer receiving immunotherapy
Making evaluations about immunotherapy, one of the most promising treatment methods in cancer patients, Medical Oncology Specialist Prof. Dr. Uğur Coşkun said, “With this treatment method, which acts by stimulating…
Oncolytic viruses: a first patient tests a ‘cancer killer’ virus
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 2 mins. Scientists have injected the first human with a new cancer-killing virus. This is the Vaxinia virus, designed to specifically target cancer cells.…
Cancer: the path of T lymphocytes to destroy tumors now known
News Posted on 02/04/2022 at 6:52 p.m., Reading 2 mins. Immunotherapy has changed the treatment of many cancers but not all patients respond to it or not completely. This could…