Personalized medicine

A new cancer treatment built from a patient’s own tumor has delivered its biggest clinical trial result yet, sending Moderna’s shares soaring and raising fresh hopes for people facing melanoma recurrence. The results are encouraging, although patients and families should understand what has and has not been shown so far. The treatment has not yet …

Pancreatic cancer has long been one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Often diagnosed at a late stage and known for spreading early, it presents unique biological challenges that make standard therapies less effective. For decades, chemotherapy and surgery were the main options available. While they have saved lives, survival rates have remained modest …