Transfusion dependence a barrier to quality end-of-life care for some with leukemia
(Atlanta, Dec. 11, 2017) -- For patients with advanced leukemia, access to high-quality end-of-life care appears to be reduced in ...
CAR T-cell therapies drive outcomes in lymphoma, myeloma
Credit: American Society of Hematology (Atlanta, Dec. 10, 2017) -- For people with certain types of aggressive, refractory blood cancers, ...
Survivorship care plan improves cancer care-related distress levels for HCT recipients
MINNEAPOLIS, December 11, 2017 - Patients treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), also known as blood and marrow transplant, have ...
People aged 75 years and older are underrepresented in blood cancer clinical trials
(Atlanta, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017) -- In the first comprehensive analysis of clinical trial enrollment among older adults with blood ...
A new weapon against bone metastasis?
Credit: Courtesy of Kang Lab/Princeton University In the ongoing battle between cancer and modern medicine, some therapeutic agents, while effective, ...
Immunotherapy strategy could be beneficial for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia
ATLANTA - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report that pairing an immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy proved ...
Blueprints for anti-cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes
JUPITER, Fla. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) who had ...
PharmaMar presents positive results of the pivotal Phase III trial with plitidepsin in MM
With regards to the primary endpoint, in patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone, a 3.8 month progression ...
Scientists identify promising new approach for immune system defense against cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Looking to bolster the body's immune system in the fight against infection and cancer, researchers at ...
Glioblastoma survival mechanism reveals new therapeutic target
A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival ...
Scientists discover possible master switch for programming cancer immunotherapy
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- During infection or tumor growth, a type of ...
Tumors heat up
Nanorods made of bismuth sulfide kill tumor cells with heat when they are irradiated with near-infrared light (NIR). Chinese scientists ...
Technology developed by LSUHealthNo to drive advances in obesity-related diseases
New Orleans, LA - For the first time, researchers led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at ...
TGen and Baylor poised to create early detection test for pancreatic cancer
PHOENIX and DALLAS -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- A group of the nation's premier cancer researchers led by the Baylor ...
Report: New system for more accurate cancer staging to aid precision medicine
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Adding a blood test called liquid biopsy to a standard tissue biopsy could ...
Immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma — novel research highlights quality of life benefits
11th December 2017 Future Science Group (FSG) today announced the publication of an article in Future Oncology that has demonstrated ...
Health warnings on cigarettes could deter young people
Credit: Cancer Research UK Young people are less likely to try cigarettes with the printed health warning 'Smoking kills' on ...
National lung cancer roundtable brings together patients, clinicians, others
December 11, 2017- The National Lung Cancer Roundtable holds its inaugural meeting on December 11-12, 2017 in Bethesda, Md., the ...
New therapies improve outlook for bleeding and clotting disorders
Credit: American Society of Hematology (Atlanta, December 9, 2017) -- In three studies being presented today during the 59th American ...
Using software, researchers predict tumor markers that could be immune targets
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have developed a software program that can accurately predict which tumor-specific ...
