Oncology & Cancer

Five-year survival less than 40 percent in seniors with DLBCL

(HealthDay)—Overall survival among older adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has improved over time, but five-year survival is less than 40 percent, according to a study published online June 12 in Leukemia ...

Oncology & Cancer

Scientists look to immune system to handle follicular lymphoma

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found more evidence that T cells going awry in the microenvironment – or the tissue immediately surrounding the tumor – may play a role in the biology of follicular ...

Oncology & Cancer

New drug treatment for form of lethal cancer is approved

A new drug has been approved to battle mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive cancer often fatal because of its resistance to treatment, after a study led by a Hackensack University Medical Center physician showed it can stop ...

Oncology & Cancer

Targeting the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors

The Max Cure Foundation and the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation have partnered to establish a fund in pediatric cancer research. With that goal in mind, the two Foundations are proud to announce the award of $100,000 ...

Oncology & Cancer

New type of cancer treatment targets cancer cell proteins

A new therapeutic approach that targets an aggressive form of lymphoma may greatly increase the efficacy of treatment and result in better outcomes for patients, according to new research by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Oncology & Cancer

New genetic mutations found for non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency in British Columbia, Canada and their U.S. collaborators have identified a number of new genetic mutations involved in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or NHL.

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