Chemotherapy: (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a category of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy). Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology. 
            
            
            
         
     
    
        
                    
                                    
                
         
                
                    
                                        
                        
                    
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        The starting point for an interaction between a patient and a clinician is almost always a set of clinical facts (aka a phenotype). Phenotype-first medicine is the standard way in which the p...
     
 
 
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        DATE:  October 11, 2016
TIME:  7:00am PT, 10:00am ET
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have emerged as important therapeutics for the treatment of life-threatening diseases. The succ...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        The immune system possesses significant cytotoxic potential. Stimulating natural immunity through vaccination has shown promising effects in some cancers; however, a number of barriers limit...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        While next-generation sequencing has proven to be a very useful tool in basic research, two major hurdles remain for its broad adoption in the clinical research setting: lack of seamless work...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
            
    
    
    
        Cell death is involved in diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration, and also has a natural role in the development of multicellular organisms. Although apoptosis has been well defined, a...
    
    
            
     
                                     
                                    
                                                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
    
        Every day, vast amounts of healthcare data are collected from clinical trials as well as real world medical visits on patient treatment regimens and subsequent clinical outcomes. This big dat...