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News • Therapy innovation

Four advances that could change tuberculosis treatment

World TB Day raises awareness about tuberculosis and commemorates the discovery of the source bacterium M. tuberculosis. More than a century later, scientists still refine anti-TB strategies.

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Article • Freezing cancer cells

Cryoablation: A treatment option for low-risk early-stage breast cancer

Cryoablation, the destruction of malignant cancer cells by freezing them, is increasingly becoming an alternative to having conventional lumpectomy for patients diagnosed with early-stage, localised,…

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Article • Spanish registry offers unprecedented data

ROSSETTI: Towards a more personalized treatment of stroke

The boom in interventional radiology procedures has enabled great strides in ischemic stroke management. But while a myriad of techniques are available, the challenge remains in choosing the most…

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News • Variations in patient access

Biliary tract cancer: inequalities across Europe

Research on biliary tract cancer is advancing rapidly, ranging from targeted treatments to new drugs. However, the delivery of these advances to patients is lagging behind, new European studies find.

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News • Micro Immune Response On chip (MIRO)

Replicating tumours to assess cancer immunotherapy efficacy

Researchers have developed a new kind of tumour-on-a-chip, which gives insight into the tumour environment and immunotherapy response. The device has been successfully tested on breast cancer samples.

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News • Mechanical vs medication approach

Stroke: thrombectomy and thrombolysis equally effective in preventing disability

While thrombectomy to remove blood clots after a stroke is increasingly performed, new research suggests that it may not be needed in all cases.

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Article • Future treaments discussed at senology congress

How will we treat breast cancer in 2034?

The year: 2034. Breast cancer patients benefit from perfectly personalised diagnostics and therapies. The tedium of follow-up treatments is a thing of the past, thanks to AI, augmented reality and robotics. Just a tale from the realm of science fiction, or could this soon be clinical reality? At the annual meeting of the German Senologic Society, Prof Dr Marc Thill from the Agaplesion Markus…

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News • Gene Therapy

Innovative gene therapy for hemophilia

Until now, those affected have had to inject the missing coagulation factor proteins themselves several times a week. Gene therapy now offers those affected the prospect of an improvement: the therapeutic agent is administered as a single intravenous injection.

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