Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice

Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial. Ronald Levy (left) and Idit Sagiv-Barfi (right) led the work on a possible cancer treatment that involves injecting two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors. Steve Fisch Injecting minute…

Johns Hopkins researchers develop single blood test that screens for eight common cancers

CancerSEEK is a noninvasive test that can detect cancers of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung, or breast IMAGE CREDIT: ISTOCK ByAmy Mone / Published Jan 19 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a single blood test that screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer. The test,…