Researchers have found that treatment with an immunotherapy drug is superior to standard chemotherapy for children with leukemia that has relapsed. The findings, based on a clinical trial, focused on the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab. Subjects in the trial were children and young adults with high- or intermediate-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) that has relapsed.… Continue reading Immunotherapy Better than Chemotherapy for Some Kids with Leukemia
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Cancer Treatment Inspired by a Sea Creature
A rare toxin produced by a sea creature called Diazona angulata appears to hold promise for treating many different types of cancer while minimizing the harmful side effects of widely used chemotherapy drugs, according to a University of California, Los Angles study published in November 2016 in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The paper describes research… Continue reading Cancer Treatment Inspired by a Sea Creature
Defeating Aggressive Cancers
Researchers are drawing closer to a drug that attacks cancer stem cells in some forms of the disease. That medicine could treat an element in tumors that is believed responsible for metastasis and drug resistance. The team of investigators, led by experts from the Cancer Research Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in… Continue reading Defeating Aggressive Cancers
A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?
Researchers from UCLA have discovered how a protein in human bone marrow can help repair blood after an injury. The finding could pave the way for helping to make current treatments more effective for cancer and other blood-related diseases. Chemotherapy and radiation, which are administered to millions of patients worldwide, damage the blood system and… Continue reading A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?
Mutations Linked to Blood Cancer Surprisingly High in Older People
Researchers have found that at least 2 percent of people over 40, as well as 5 percent of people over 70, have genetic mutations linked to leukemia and lymphoma. The findings, from investigators at Washington University School of Medicine, don’t mean that people with the mutations are destined to get blood cancer. The incidence of… Continue reading Mutations Linked to Blood Cancer Surprisingly High in Older People