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Survival rates of black patients with leukemia soar with modern therapies

Non-Hispanic Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are living longer, now that new therapies are available, according to a study presented by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition.

11 Dec 2023

Personalized treatment for leukemia results in longer life and fewer side effects

Personalized treatment for the most common form of adult leukemia helps patients survive for longer and stay in remission, a phase III trial has found.

11 Dec 2023

Lymphatic fluid from surgical drains could inform more precise treatments for head and neck cancer

Lymphatic fluid from surgical drains, which is usually tossed in the trash, is a treasure in the hands of University of Pittsburgh and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis researchers who found that this liquid could inform more precise treatments for patients with head and neck cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

11 Dec 2023

Quizartinib extends life and enhances wellbeing for AML patients with key mutation

In a study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, patients recently diagnosed with a common and aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia reported having improved quality of life when a newly approved drug was part of the treatment plan.

11 Dec 2023

Unmasking the culprits behind long-term arm problems in breast cancer patients

A new review paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on December 1, 2023, entitled, "Risk factors for long-term arm morbidities following breast cancer treatments: A systematic review."

11 Dec 2023

Study reveals genetic roots of hodgkin lymphoma, offering hope for new treatments

A Stanford Medicine-led, international study of hundreds of samples from patients with Hodgkin lymphoma has shown that levels of tumor DNA circulating in their blood can identify who is responding well to treatment and others who are likely to experience a disease recurrence -; potentially letting some patients who are predicted to have favorable outcomes forgo lengthy treatment.

11 Dec 2023

New combinations and targeted therapies for acute myeloid leukemia on the horizon

The treatment landscape for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is evolving rapidly, as research discoveries at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and other academic cancer centers advance new, more effective therapies for this aggressive blood cancer.

11 Dec 2023

CAR-T cell therapy remains viable for patients in lymphoma remission, study finds

A study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine suggests that CAR-T immunotherapy remains a viable option for patients who have lymphoma that goes into remission before the cell therapy begins.

11 Dec 2023

Combination of dasatinib and blinatumomab offers effective treatment for older Ph+ ALL patients

Older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were not good candidates for the standard treatment of intensive chemotherapy had a median overall survival (OS) of 6.5 years on an alternate regimen of dasatinib and blinatumomab.

11 Dec 2023

Understanding why healthy cells help cancer cells to evade treatment

Chemotherapy becomes less effective because healthy cells push cancer cells to grow more slowly, according to two studies from researchers at UCL and Yale.

9 Dec 2023

Women undergoing chemotherapy may not benefit from common fertility protection drug

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found no evidence that a common drug used to protect the ovaries of women undergoing chemotherapy increases their chances of having children after cancer treatment.

8 Dec 2023

Small molecule drug shows promise as potential new treatment for multiple sclerosis

CAMH-led pre-clinical studies using a small molecule drug have shown promise as a potential new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The results have been published today in the journal Science Advances.

8 Dec 2023

Fused pancreatic cancer organoid system captures tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), that arises from pancreatic epithelial cells, is the most common form of pancreatic cancer, with a very high mortality rate.

7 Dec 2023

Breakthrough discovery paves the way for new methods to detect and treat leukemia

Researchers led by François Fuks - Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics, ULB Faculty of Medicine, ULB Cancer Research Center and Jules Bordet Institute, H.U.B. - have made a major breakthrough in the understanding and treatment of leukemia.

7 Dec 2023

New drug combo fights breast cancer with brain metastases

A combination of two HER2-targeted drugs, tucatinib (Tukysa) and trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla, T-DM1), extended progression-free survival among patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, compared with T-DM1 alone, according to results from the HER2CLIMB-02 trial presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held December 5-9, 2023.

6 Dec 2023

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can eliminate need for regional nodal irradiation in breast cancer

For patients whose breast cancer converted from lymph node-positive to lymph node-negative disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, skipping adjuvant regional nodal irradiation (RNI) did not increase the risk of disease recurrence or death five years after surgery, according to results from the NRG Oncology/NSABP B-51/RTOG 1304 clinical trial presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held December 5-9, 2023.

6 Dec 2023

Combining AI, ctDNA, and histopathology for improved treatment stratification in colorectal cancer

Combining artificial intelligence-generated digital pathology tools, conventional histopathological assessment and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis can improve treatment stratification of patients with colorectal cancer after surgery.

1 Dec 2023

New drug combination may improve treatment for rare nerve sheath tumors

Combining a pair of experimental drugs may help treat malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors with fewer harmful side effects, according to preliminary animal studies led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery.

1 Dec 2023

Novel miRNA-based therapy shows promise for treatment of drug-resistant biliary tract cancer

Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) including cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and gallbladder cancer (GBC) are becoming more prevalent globally.

30 Nov 2023

Researchers introduce CRISPR-mediated genome and cancer shredding as a conceptual paradigm to treat recurrent gliomas

Researchers demonstrated clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-mediated elimination of glioblastoma (GBM) cells.

29 Nov 2023

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Survival rates of black patients with leukemia soar with modern therapies

Personalized treatment for leukemia results in longer life and fewer side effects

Lymphatic fluid from surgical drains could inform more precise treatments for head and neck cancer

Quizartinib extends life and enhances wellbeing for AML patients with key mutation

Unmasking the culprits behind long-term arm problems in breast cancer patients

Study reveals genetic roots of hodgkin lymphoma, offering hope for new treatments

New combinations and targeted therapies for acute myeloid leukemia on the horizon

CAR-T cell therapy remains viable for patients in lymphoma remission, study finds

Combination of dasatinib and blinatumomab offers effective treatment for older Ph+ ALL patients

Understanding why healthy cells help cancer cells to evade treatment

Women undergoing chemotherapy may not benefit from common fertility protection drug

Small molecule drug shows promise as potential new treatment for multiple sclerosis

Fused pancreatic cancer organoid system captures tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance

Breakthrough discovery paves the way for new methods to detect and treat leukemia

New drug combo fights breast cancer with brain metastases

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can eliminate need for regional nodal irradiation in breast cancer

Combining AI, ctDNA, and histopathology for improved treatment stratification in colorectal cancer

New drug combination may improve treatment for rare nerve sheath tumors

Novel miRNA-based therapy shows promise for treatment of drug-resistant biliary tract cancer

Researchers introduce CRISPR-mediated genome and cancer shredding as a conceptual paradigm to treat recurrent gliomas

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