Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Scientists stumbled upon an unexpected connection while analyzing patient records at a Texas cancer center. Cancer patients who happened to receive COVID-19 vaccines around the time they started a particular type of treatment were living longer. Much longer. Nearly twice as long in some cases. Nobody was looking for it. Nobody predicted it. Yet the …

When millions lined up for COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, survival meant avoiding a deadly virus. Few could have imagined that same shot might offer protection against something else entirely. Researchers at two major cancer centers have stumbled onto a finding that could reshape how oncologists treat advanced disease. Patients with late-stage lung and skin …