News tagged with non hodgkin s lymphoma


Researchers find NSAIDs help push stem cells into bloodstream prior to transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Indiana University's School of Medicine has found that giving meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), to people and baboons boosts the number of haematopoietic ...

Medical research created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Novel drug therapy targets aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the seventh most frequently diagnosed cancer. The most chemotherapy resistant form of DLBCL, called activated B-cell – DLBCL ...

Cancer created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify new target for lung cancer treatment

A team of UC Davis investigators has discovered a protein on the surface of lung cancer cells that could prove to be an important new target for anti-cancer therapy. A series of experiments in mice with lung cancer showed ...

Cancer created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers say it's time to stop blaming cats for brain cancer in people

(Medical Xpress)—Two groups of researchers have published articles in the journal Biology Letters, suggesting that it's time we stop blaming cats for making people crazy or for a certain type of brain cancer ...

Cancer created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Autologous stem cell transplantation does not improve os in patients with follicular lymphoma

High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC-ASCT), for previously untreated patients with advanced follicular lymphoma (FL) does not improve overall survival compared with conventional-dose chemotherapy ...

Cancer created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PET technique promises better detection and response assessment for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Positron emission tomography (PET) and a molecular imaging agent that captures the proliferation of cancer cells could prove to be a valuable method for imaging a form of Non-Hodgkin's disease called mantle cell lymphoma, ...

Cancer created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers demonstrate efficacy of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma vaccine

An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for ...

Cancer created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In the lab and clinic, researchers develop a new therapy for blood cancers

Clinical researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have successfully completed a Phase I clinical trial evaluating a combination of the drugs Bortezomib and Alvocidib in patients with relapsed or refractory blood cancers, paving ...

Cancer created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug stops aggressive form of childhood leukemia

In a significant breakthrough, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, San Francisco, have been able to overcome resistance of a form of leukemia to targeted therapy, demonstrating ...

Cancer created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast