Reading time: 4 minutes Colette Bilynsky The wonders of cellular therapies and immunotherapies have been often discussed here on Oncobites. But one of the challenges here is that these strategies are dependent on immune cells' ability to reach tumors and still function. However, tumors will often try to evade and stop the immune system from... Continue Reading →
Neural Networks in Neurosurgery: The Role of AI as a Surgical Assistant
Reading time: 5 minutes Anthony Tao The modern computer has become a powerful part of society's infrastructure. Among millions of other things, computers are critical for facilitating financial services, research, communications, and politics. However, we can all perhaps agree that one of their LEAST important functions is the ability to recognize cats. However, in 2012,... Continue Reading →
The Balancing Act of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Immune-related Adverse Events
Reading time: 5 minutes Karli Norville Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been so impactful in the treatment of cancer in recent years that the basic research supporting their development was the subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1). Despite their clinical success, the occurrence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) within a... Continue Reading →
