Now, researchers from the US claim a new immunotherapy-based treatment could shrink tumours without chemotherapy or surgery. Immunotherapy is often used in conjunction with chemotherapy or surgery.

“These findings are very important for patients with early-stage MMRd tumors because it’s likely they do not need surgery or radiation if they are treated first with immunotherapy for a ...

"We found that some cancer types responded extremely well to the immunotherapy, including colon and stomach cancer," researchers said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have dosed five participants in the first clinical trial of a potentially revolutionary immunotherapy drug to treat type 1 diabetes. Professor Ranjeny ...

I couldn't believe it worked that quick, to be honest," Knolmayer told CBS News. He's part of an immunotherapy study that could fundamentally change the way certain cancers are treated.

The results from an ambitious cancer study are giving hope that immunotherapy drugs alone can treat some gastrointestinal tumors, eliminating the need for severe, life-altering surgeries and other ...

Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a variety of cancer types were successfully treated with only immunotherapy, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

They were given an immunotherapy drug that overrides how the body allows the immune system to block cancer treatments. No other drugs, except for the immunotherapy treatment, dostarlimab ...

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that some people with early stage cancers may be able to skip surgery after being treated with the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab.

Instead, she received just one treatment — immunotherapy — as part of a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering. It’s been two years since she completed her treatment and she’s in ...

Some patients diagnosed with certain types of cancer may soon have the options to skip chemotherapy, radiation and surgery in favor of immunotherapy treatment, according to a new study published ...