For patients with cancers that do not respond to immunotherapy drugs, adjusting the composition of microorganisms in the intestines — known as the gut microbiome — through the use of stool, or fecal, transplants may help some of these individuals respond to the immunotherapy drugs, a new study suggests.
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Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
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Fecal Transplants May Quash Anti-PD-1 Resistance in Melanoma
A single fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) appeared to reprogram the gut microbiomes of advanced melanoma patients to overcome their primary resistance to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) immunotherapy, a small single-arm phase II trial found.
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Melanoma breakthrough: New treatment saving lives
In what is being hailed as one of the biggest breakthroughs in melanoma treatment since the advent of immunotherapy, a new study has revealed that drug treatment before surgery is effective in preventing deadly spread of the disease.
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Casio brings skin cancer detectors overseas, including to US
Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio Computer will release its skin cancer detection devices in foreign markets, anticipating demand in countries with higher rates of the condition.
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