All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Cancer differences could help improve immunotherapy Immunotherapy research offers hope of improved treatment success 24/08/2022 | 3 MINS West Australian researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not, paving the way for more effective treatments for cancer. The multidisciplinary team from The Kids Research Institute Australia, The National Centre of Asbestos Related Diseases, Lombok Institute of Technology and The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have published the findings in the journal Nature Communications. The breakthrough research has the potential to improve cancer immunotherapy, which uses the patientΓÇÖs own immune system to fight cancer. It is not known why some patients and cancer types respond better to immunotherapy than others. This is the first study to track what happens after immunotherapy in whole tumours over time and link it to response. The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher, Dr Rachael Zemek, said the team used lab mod
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Cancer differences could help improve immunotherapy Immunotherapy research offers hope of improved treatment success 24/08/2022 | 3 MINS West Australian researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not, paving the way for more effective treatments for cancer.
The multidisciplinary team from The Kids Research Institute Australia, The National Centre of Asbestos Related Diseases, Lombok Institute of Technology and The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have published the findings in the journal Nature Communications.
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The breakthrough research has the potential to improve cancer immunotherapy, which uses the patientΓÇÖs own immune system to fight cancer.
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It is not known why some patients and cancer types respond better to immunotherapy than others.
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This is the first study to track what happens after immunotherapy in whole tumours over time and link it to response.
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The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher, Dr Rachael Zemek, said the team used lab mod
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