Two Pathways, One Destination: Promising Drug Combination to Treat Ovarian Cancer

March 15, 2021 3:00 pm

By R. Colon-Thillet

Treatment for ovarian cancer across subtypes typically consists of platinum-based chemotherapies. However, this standard therapy is less effective against ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), a rare subtype of ovarian cancer with distinct pathology and genetic drivers. Advanced … Read more

SEngine Precision Medicine IDs Potential Ovarian Cancer Treatment Combos Using Organoid Approach

November 23, 2020 8:00 pm

By Caroline Hopkins

Using organoids that closely model certain features of ovarian tumors, researchers have identified and tested treatment combinations that may benefit patients, many of whom experience acquired or de novo resistance to PARP inhibitors.

In a study recently … Read more

New Cancer Drug Shrinks Tumors, Reduces Side Effects, in Animal Studies

April 15, 2020 10:00 am

By Brita Belli

A class of experimental cancer drugs called BET inhibitors have shown promise for treating cancers of the blood, but can induce toxic side effects. Now Yale researchers have found a new inhibitor that in animal studies demonstrates … Read more