Cancer Research Milestones: 4 Updates This August

Cancer has likely been around for as long as humans have. But our technology and ability to diagnose the disease and treat it has greatly improved. More cancer patients are living longer. Some even enjoy life completely cancer-free after treatment. Exciting advances are paving the way to better therapies and possibly more cures. Among them are these milestones in cancer research we’ve seen in the past month.

New Pancreatic Cancer Drug Shows Promising Results

A phase 1 clinical trial observed AZD1775, an inhibitor made to stop a Wee1, an enzyme that plays a role in repairing DNA damage. The trial continues …read more