(Atlanta, Dec. 11, 2017) -- For patients with advanced leukemia, access to high-quality end-of-life care appears to be reduced in those dependent on blood transfusions,...
Credit: American Society of Hematology (Atlanta, Dec. 10, 2017) -- For people with certain types of aggressive, refractory blood cancers, treatment options are woefully limited....
MINNEAPOLIS, December 11, 2017 - Patients treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), also known as blood and marrow transplant, have a higher risk for long-term...
(Atlanta, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017) -- In the first comprehensive analysis of clinical trial enrollment among older adults with blood cancers, researchers from the U.S....
Credit: Courtesy of Kang Lab/Princeton University In the ongoing battle between cancer and modern medicine, some therapeutic agents, while effective, can bring undesirable or even...
ATLANTA - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report that pairing an immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy proved beneficial for some patients with...
JUPITER, Fla. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) who had previously discovered the prostate cancer-killing...
With regards to the primary endpoint, in patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone, a 3.8 month progression free survival (PFS) was observed...
Credit: UC San Diego Looking to bolster the body's immune system in the fight against infection and cancer, researchers at the University of California San...
A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma and demonstrated that...
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- During infection or tumor growth, a type of specialized white blood cells called...
Nanorods made of bismuth sulfide kill tumor cells with heat when they are irradiated with near-infrared light (NIR). Chinese scientists are now making these weapons...
New Orleans, LA - For the first time, researchers led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans, have...
PHOENIX and DALLAS -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- A group of the nation's premier cancer researchers led by the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Adding a blood test called liquid biopsy to a standard tissue biopsy could significantly improve the accuracy of...
