Editorial team
ioQuanta Research Desk
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Evidence date ·The unresolved choice among first-line combinations for metastatic kidney cancer
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2021 review describes broader first-line options and reported responses in metastatic kidney cancer, while the best combination for each patient remains unclear.
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Evidence date ·Could treating one tumor with light affect cancer elsewhere?
Review or Meta-AnalysisTracked over timeNear-infrared light activates a dye attached to tumor cells, damaging them locally and potentially alerting immune cells to cancer elsewhere.
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Evidence date ·How light-activated cancer treatment works and what limits its wider use
Review or Meta-AnalysisTracked over timeA 2022 review explains why targeting cancer cells is only half the challenge: treatment also needs a safe way to deliver near-infrared light to the tumor.
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Evidence date ·Why did light-activated treatment slow some bladder tumors in mice but not others?
Review or Meta-AnalysisTracked over timeA 2021 review reports that a light-activated treatment slowed bladder tumors rich in its target protein in mice, but not tumors with little of it.
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Evidence date ·A patient’s own tumor-fighting cells can be powerful and still fall short
Review or Meta-AnalysisDoctors can grow immune cells taken from a tumor and return them to the patient, yet melanoma studies show striking responses alongside frequent resistance.
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Evidence date ·Treating uterine leiomyosarcoma raises two different questions
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2021 review explains why chemotherapy after surgery remains unsettled, outlines options for advanced disease, and reports no benefit from two tested add-ons.
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Evidence date ·What does it take to make a continuous fiber from nanocellulose?
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2021 review describes spinning nanocellulose on its own or with polymers, a distinction that matters when judging claims about replacing petroleum-based materials.
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Evidence date ·Why starch type and spinning method matter for making fibers
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2021 review describes fibers thinner than a micrometer made from corn and potato starch; limited strength and moisture sensitivity still challenge textile use.
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Evidence date ·How a skin biopsy changed care during lung cancer treatment
Review or Meta-AnalysisAn older woman developed itching before biopsy-confirmed bullous pemphigoid during pembrolizumab treatment; the authors found 19 earlier cases, three in lung cancer.
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Evidence date ·How nerve and muscle weakness unfolded in two patients receiving targeted cancer drugs
Review or Meta-AnalysisTwo cases describe facial weakness during prolonged melanoma treatment and muscle weakness within days of starting imatinib. The second patient needed ventilation.