Mario Negri Institute For Pharmacological Research

This study tested whether adding ATRA (a vitamin A-based drug) to standard hormone therapy (anastrozole) could better shrink tumors before surgery in postmenopausal women with early, hormone-sensitive breast cancer. Participants took the medications for four weeks before their sc…

This study tested a three-step treatment for patients with a large, inoperable form of lung cancer who cannot receive the standard therapy. The goal was to see if starting with a drug called durvalumab plus chemotherapy could shrink tumors enough for patients to safely receive fo…