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DLBCL: Major new treatment breakthroughs
After decades of slow progress, new drugs and therapies are paving the way to more effective treatment of DLBCL.
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Number of cancer survivors with functional limitations doubled in 20 years
The 70% prevalence of functional limitation among survivors in 2018 is nearly twice that of the general population.
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Study shows higher obesity-related cancer mortality in areas with more fast food
An ecologic study showed a dose-response relationship among measures of food swamp and food desert scores and obesity-related cancer mortality.
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Third-generation Black woman physician makes cancer research history
African American surgeon helped found ASCO and collaborated with her father to achieve lasting breakthroughs in chemotherapy.
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Ex–hospital porter a neglected giant of cancer research
An Indian immigrant who once emptied bedpans in a Boston hospital went on to become the “father of chemotherapy.”
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First-line CAR T-cell therapy could help cure some lymphomas
Axi-cel is already approved for some forms of relapsed/refractory lymphoma, and a new phase 2 study hints that it has potential as a frontline...
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Repurposed drug could revolutionize stem cell transplantation
Abatacept to prevent for acute graft-versus-host disease is a game changer for patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants who lack...
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EMA gives green light to new CAR T-cell therapy
The committee also recommended approval of a biosimilar product for pegfilgrastim.
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Yescarta label updated: Prophylactic steroids to prevent CRS
New Yescarta labeling advises clinicians to consider using corticosteroids to ward off cytokine release syndrome.
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100 coauthored papers, 10 years: Cancer transplant pioneers model 'team science'
MSKCC medical oncologists share expertise in HSCT, Spanish background, a gift for mentoring, and 100 peer-reviewed publications written together...
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Rituximab and COVID-19 vaccines: Studies begin to answer key questions
This article aims to summarize the latest research on how rituximab affects humoral and cell-mediated response following a COVID-19 vaccine...