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Topic: Immunotherapy

New therapies are transforming cancer treatment. Oncologists discuss why most Indians can’t access them

At Indian Cancer Society's roundtable to mark Cancer Survivor Month, experts say future of oncology lies in giving every patient most appropriate treatment rather than simply the newest.

The new cancer care revolution. Early detection, targeted drugs, hope beyond chemo

From a pancreatic cancer drug that doubles survival to blood tests that may spot tumours years before symptoms appear, researchers say oncology is entering a new era of precision treatment.

How a vaccine made from a patient’s own tumour can help keep skin cancer from returning

The findings of trials using intismeran, an mRNA-based individualised vaccine, was published at the 2026 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

Allergies aren’t always a life sentence. Immunotherapy can help

Immunotherapy, also known as allergy shots or vaccines, is a treatment where you slowly introduce your body to small amounts of the allergen you are reacting to, such as pollen.

India gets 1st homegrown CAR T-cell therapy centre at IIT-B. All about breakthrough cancer treatment

CAR T-cell therapy's a form of immunotherapy that uses body's immune cells called T-cells, a type of lymphocyte or white blood cell. It has been approved for various types of blood cancers.

Here’s the new frontier in beating cancer — immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is one of the most eagerly-watched treatments being devised for cancer, and it involves priming the immune system to eliminate tumour cells.

Cancer treatment patents worth billions in legal soup as Nobel winner fights for payday

Nobel winner Tasuku Honjo has taken ex-collaborator Gordon Freeman to court for leaving his name out of patents on immunotherapy, the evolving cancer treatment.

On Camera

Tukaram Mundhe shows food is a big issue in India. Just not in the way BJP thought it was

Does it really harm anyone if a man in Kolkata enjoys his beef biryani? Of course not. But it does harm us when we eat dangerously unsafe food.

NITI Aayog wants India to reimagine skilling, pitches ‘skills not degree’, training from Class 6

Federal think tank in its latest report maps India’s workforce and learners across five segments, reveals that fewer than one in 12 secondary schools currently offer vocational subjects.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman