Archive: 06/12/2014
Immunotherapy achieves breakthrough result in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma
A therapy that liberates the immune system to attack cancer cells drove Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) into complete or partial remission in fully 87 percent of patients with resistant forms of the disease who participated in an early-phase ...
Dec 6, 2014
US plane in emergency Italy stop after passengers, crew fall ill
A US Airways plane made an emergency landing in Rome on Saturday after two passengers and 11 members of the crew were taken ill.
Dec 6, 2014
New sight hope for six left blind by India cataract surgery
Doctors may be able to restore the vision of at least six of the 20 people blinded by botched free cataract surgery in northern India, a government official said on Saturday.
Dec 6, 2014
Unprecedented benefit seen in test of three-drug treatment for multiple myeloma
In the treatment of multiple myeloma, the addition of carfilzomib to a currently accepted two-drug combination produced significantly better results than using the two drugs alone, according to a worldwide research team led ...
Dec 6, 2014
Studies show immunotherapy drugs improve outcomes in Hodgkin lymphoma patients
In recent years, a number of scientific breakthroughs have led to the development of drugs that unleash the power of the immune system to recognize and attack cancer. Studies presented today at the 56th Annual Meeting of ...
Dec 6, 2014
Positive study data could improve standard of care for Hodgkin lymphoma patients
In a late-stage clinical trial, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients who received brentuximab vedotin (BV) post-transplant lived longer without disease progression than patients who received only supportive care. This is the first ...
Dec 6, 2014