Doctors are one step closer to having a risk biomarker to alert them to which of their pediatric stem cell transplant patients are likely to experience a potentially deadly side effect called sinusoidal obstruction syndrome ...
May 22, 2023
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Researchers at the Cima University of Navarra (Spain), in collaboration with the Spanish Myeloma Group (GEM-PETHEMA), have developed a calculator that identifies patients with multiple myeloma and primary systemic amyloidosis ...
May 4, 2023
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Genetic testing for hereditary cancers, such as breast, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancer, helps at-risk individuals understand their familial risk for these diseases and make informed decisions about next steps in care. ...
May 3, 2023
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Two recent papers from researchers in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Cancer Center have advanced the understanding of treatment-resistant pediatric tumors, both in assessing a novel treatment and in characterizing ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Clinical eligibility guidelines determine the criteria by which patients are selected for various medical procedures. But strict reliance on established guidelines can overlook patients who might benefit from a procedure, ...
Apr 19, 2023
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A type of white blood cell usually associated with immune responses to foreign particles may have another role in clearing out liver cells that have undergone apoptosis—where cells are programmed to die in a controlled ...
Apr 4, 2023
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In a significant step for the treatment of neuroblastoma, an international group of researchers led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Why are some bladder cancers resistant to a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint inhibitors? Penn State College of Medicine researchers have found that the genetic and pathologic diversity of cells within the tumor ...
Mar 31, 2023
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Cancer treatments have long been moving toward personalization—finding the right drugs that work for a patient's unique tumor, based on specific genetic and molecular patterns. Many of these targeted therapies are highly ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Question: My mother has been experiencing unusual and persistent fatigue, abdominal pain, and jaundice. After undergoing a CT scan, her doctor diagnosed her with cholangiocarcinoma. What is this type of cancer? And what treatment ...
Feb 27, 2023
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