Immune checkpoints are regulatory proteins that prevent the immune system from attacking healthy tissues. Some cancer cells exploit these checkpoints to avoid immune detection. Immune checkpoint ...

Your prostate is an organ that makes some of the fluid that’s part of semen. It’s below your bladder and in front of your rectum. Prostate cancer happens when the cells in your prostate gland grow out ...

WEE1 promotes immune resistance in NANOG-high tumors by activating the HSP90A/TCL1/AKT pathway, reducing the effectiveness of PD-1 blockade, and highlighting a promising target for cancer ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Even when diagnosed at an advanced stage, most prostate cancers respond well to treatment. The first line of treatment is often hormone therapy, which is very good at slowing or stopping the cancer — ...