Targeted Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer & CAR T-Cell Therapy for Brain Cancer, 01/08/2025

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Cancer Information Highlights From the National Cancer Institute Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more   New from NCI Targeted Therapy Outperforms Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer   Recent findings from an NCI-supported clinical trial showed that people given the targeted drug cetuximab (Erbitux) had better results than those given the immunotherapy drug durvalumab (Imfinzi). In both cases, people also received radiation. Read More CAR T-Cell Therapy Shrinks Tumors in Children with Deadly Brain Cancer In a small clinical trial, an experimental CAR T-cell therapy that targets the protein GD2 on cancer cells shrank tumors and improved symptoms in young people with diffuse midline glioma. Read More One Year in Cancer Research and Much to Celebrate   NCI Director Dr. Kimryn Rathmell reviews some of the most noteworthy cancer research findings from 2024. Advances included immunotherapy for children with cancer, a potential therapy for cachexia, and studies that provided valuable insights into cancer biology. Read More What Is Cervical Cancer? Cervical cancer starts in the cervix, the narrow lower end of the uterus. Learn how cervical cancer forms, its causes and risk factors, steps you can take to prevent it, how it is diagnosed and treated, and resources for those coping with a diagnosis. Read More   Contact Us   Information specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI's contact center, are available to help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish. This page tells you how to reach us by phone, chat, or email.

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