Vienna, Austria: Patients with advanced gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) have limited treatment options and there are few oncologists who are specialised in this relatively rare disease. But now results from a multi-centre randomised international trial of an innovative treatment show a marked improvement in the length of time patients with mid-gut [1] NETs live without […]
September 2015
Results of international trial show promise in rare, difficult to treat cancer: results from the RADIANT-4 trial
Vienna, Austria: Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) develop in the neuroendocrine system, responsible for producing the hormones that regulate the working of different organs in the body. They are rare, incurable, and treatments for them are limited, especially once they have become advanced. Now an international team of researchers has shown that the use of the mTOR […]
Genetic screening of brain metastases could reveal new targets for treatment
Vienna, Austria: Unravelling the genetic sequences of cancer that has spread to the brain could offer unexpected targets for effective treatment, according to new research presented to the 2015 European Cancer Congress [1] and published simultaneously in Cancer Discovery [2]. Researchers told the Congress that they found that the original, or primary, cancer in a […]
Childhood cancers in Europe: progress has been made, but much remains to be done, says major report
Vienna, Austria: Each year in Europe, 6,000 young people die from cancer, and two-thirds of those who survive suffer from treatment-related side effects. Although there has been considerable progress in the treatment of childhood cancers over the past few decades, and cancer in childhood is rare, these are major problems that need to be overcome, […]
Primary surgery is associated with survival benefit in patients with advanced cancers of the throat
Vienna, Austria: Patients with cancers of the mid- and lower throat may have higher survival rates if their initial treatment includes surgery, according to new research presented to the 2015 European Cancer Congress [1]. Researchers told the Congress that a nationwide study in Taiwan found that, five years after diagnosis, radical surgery was associated with […]
Cabozantinib improves survival in patients with advanced kidney cancer: results from the METEOR trial
Vienna, Austria: Patients with advanced kidney cancer live for nearly twice as long without their disease progressing if they are treated with cabozantinib, a drug that inhibits the action of tyrosine kinases – enzymes that function as an “on” or “off” switch in many cellular processes, including cancer. In the second of two late-breaking presentations […]
Nivolumab improves overall survival in patients with advanced kidney cancer: results from the CheckMate 025 trial
Vienna, Austria: The targeted drug nivolumab significantly prolongs survival in patients with advanced kidney cancer, whose disease has progressed after their first treatment, according to results to be presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress [1] and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine [2]. The CheckMate 025 phase III clinical trial, which […]
EUROCARE results show large variations in survival from blood cancers between European countries
Vienna, Austria: Comparisons of cancer patients’ survival and care in Europe up to 2007 show that although more patients are surviving for at least five years after diagnosis, there are large variations between countries, which are particularly significant in cancers of the blood. Dr Milena Sant, from the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in […]
Discovery of significant genetic differences between breast cancers that relapse and those that do not will lead to better treatment
Vienna, Austria: Although most patients with breast cancer are cured after treatment, in about one in five the cancer will recur, returning either to the same place as the original tumour or spreading to other parts of the body (metastasis). Now, researchers have taken an important step towards understanding why some primary breast cancers return […]
New research suggests not all trans fatty acids are bad for you
New evidence suggests that low levels of trans fatty acids (TFAs) may not be as harmful to human health as previously thought, even if industrially produced, and may even be beneficial if they occur naturally in foods such as dairy and meat products, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal [1]. Artificial […]