Tag: American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • Nation & World

    Jain receives 2012 Science of Oncology Award

    Rakesh Jain received the 2012 Science of Oncology award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, recognizing his three decades of pioneering work in the field of oncology.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Increasing odds for survival

    A duo of drugs, each targeting a prime survival strategy of tumors, can be safely administered and is potentially more effective than either drug alone for advanced, inoperable melanomas, according to a phase 1 clinical trial led by Harvard investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New drug extends life of melanoma patients

    A therapy that multiplies the effect of a natural disease-fighting antibody has extended the lives of patients with metastatic melanoma in a large, international clinical trial.

    4 minutes