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For higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia patients, combination therapy shown to be effective
Dec 10, 2014
A phase two study that investigated the potential of the drugs azacitidine (AZA) and lenalidomide (LEN), demonstrated that the two therapies in combination may be an effective frontline treatment... Read More
Young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia benefit from therapies developed for children
Dec 10, 2014
Results from a large, prospective clinical trial add to mounting evidence that adolescent and young adult patients--aged 16 to 39 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)--tend to fare better when... Read More
Latest results of investigational cellular therapy in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and first results of lymphoma trial
Dec 10, 2014
The latest results of clinical trials of more than 125 patients testing an investigational personalized cellular therapy known as CTL019 was presented by a University of Pennsylvania research team at... Read More
New kind of targeted drug shows promise for leukemia patients
Dec 10, 2014
A new type of cancer therapy that targets an oncometabolite produced dramatic results in patients with advanced leukemia in an early-phase clinical trial. The study, led by Eytan M. Read More
Researchers find clue to halting metastasis in multiple myeloma
Dec 10, 2014
Although it is among the most highly metastatic of all cancers, multiple myeloma is driven to spread by only a subset of the myeloma cells within a patient's body, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer... Read More
America's health rankings findings: who takes the crown as healthiest state?
Dec 10, 2014
Find out the healthiest and least healthy states in 2014, according to America's Health Rankings, together with disturbing news of rising rates of obesity and physical inactivity. Read More
Promising results from stem cell transplant without radiation or chemotherapy
Dec 10, 2014
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report promising outcomes from a clinical trial with patients with a rare form of bone marrow failure who received a... Read More
New signaling role for key protein may contribute to wound healing, tumor growth
Dec 10, 2014
A key protein may represent a new way to use the immune system to speed healing and counter inflammatory, infectious and autoimmune diseases, according to study led by researchers at the Icahn School... Read More
Pilot study engineers pediatric patients' own immune cells to hunt down cancer cells in blood
Dec 10, 2014
An innovative cell therapy against a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) continues to show highly promising results in children treated in a pilot study. Read More
Hodgkin lymphoma patients benefit from immunotherapy drugs
Dec 10, 2014
In recent years, a number of scientific breakthroughs have led to the development of drugs that unleash the power of the immune system to recognize and attack cancer. Read More
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