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Adult minorities underrepresented in cancer trials
Credit: Rhoda Baer New research indicates that less than 2% of trials funded by the National Cancer Institute focus on racial and ethnic...
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Cancer survivors’ risk of health problems increases with age
cancer patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer The “health gap” between childhood cancer survivors and their siblings widens with age,...
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FDA approves IV formulation of antifungal agent
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an intravenous formulation of posaconazole (Noxafil), which is expected to be available at...
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How diabetes drugs can fight hematologic malignancies
Credit: PNAS Researchers say they’ve discovered how a class of diabetes drugs known as biguanides exerts anticancer properties in certain...
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The push for smaller, smarter cancer trials
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Cell adherence linked to treatment resistance in CML
Credit: UC San Diego Preclinical research in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has pointed to a relationship between cell adherence and treatment...
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ALL maintenance phase still stressful, studies show
Credit: Bill Branson The stress and lifestyle changes mothers experience after a child’s leukemia diagnosis do not disappear once the disease is...
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CRP levels signal cytokine storm in CAR therapy
Major finding: CRP levels of at least 20 mg/dL had a sensitivity and specificity to predict severe CRS of 86% and 100%, respectively.Data source:...
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Idelalisib more effective in CLL, iNHL than MCL
Credit: FDA Results of a phase 1 study suggest the PI3K delta inhibitor idelalisib can produce durable responses in certain patients with relapsed...
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Order of Cy, TBI doesn’t impact HSCT outcome
In a large, retrospective study, the rates of relapse, survival, chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD), and other complications were similar...
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Rate of protein synthesis affects HSC function, study suggests
in the bone marrow Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) require a highly regulated rate of protein synthesis to function properly, according to...