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Study Details Perinatal Risks of Blood Cancers Diagnosed in Pregnancy

Likelihood of severe maternal morbidity more than 20 times higher versus the general population

Oct 11, 2024
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Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk

10% of patients in trials leading to eli-cel's approval developed MDS or AML

Oct 09, 2024
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Good News for CAR-T Therapy; Liquid Biopsy Progress; Anti-Psychotic for Brain Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Oct 04, 2024
Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.
Cancer Treatment Ups CV Risk; Therapy's Next Big Thing; Nude Photos Settlement

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Sep 26, 2024
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Earlier Info on Financial Stress; Obesity and Second Cancers; Carcinogenic Condoms?

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Sep 19, 2024
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Chemo-Free Triplet Yields 68% Response Rate in Richter Transformation

Regimen tops best historical response rate with chemoimmunotherapy in this setting

Sep 16, 2024
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Second Malignancy Risk With CAR T-Cell Therapy on Par With Other Treatments

Incidence almost identical to that with standard cancer treatment in randomized trials

Sep 11, 2024
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BTK Inhibitor Active in Half of Patients With Richter Transformation

Responses to pirtobrutinib observed in patients with previously treated disease

Sep 03, 2024
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Mixed Results With Cyclophosphamide in Mismatched Unrelated Stem Cell Transplants

Better survival in one registry study, detriment with class I HLA mismatch in another

Aug 27, 2024
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Is Medicare's Negotiated Drug Price List Worth Celebrating? Depends on Whom You Ask.

Reactions from physician and consumer groups were positive, but drugmakers begged to differ

Aug 16, 2024
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More Support for Early Detection; Cancer in Men Rising; Diet Drives Colon Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Aug 16, 2024
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Medicare Unveils First 10 Negotiated Drug Prices

Prices slashed by as much as 79%

Aug 15, 2024
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CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19

Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns

Aug 14, 2024
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No Gestational Diabetes-Cancer Link; Cholesterol and Cancer; Oncologist Saves Umpire

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Aug 09, 2024
Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.
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