A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center found that at least $230 million was spent on cancer care delivered outside Hawaiʻi between 2021 and 2023, highlighting the significant financial impact ...
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When a patient needs a stem cell transplant, finding a registered donor is only the first step. Some potential donors drop out before confirmatory typing, reducing the pool from which doctors can choose. Researchers from ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Survivors of hematologic cancers are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online June 22 in BMC Cancer.
Jun 30, 2026
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Scientists at Florida International University may have found a way to make a powerful cancer treatment work even better. The treatment, called CAR-T therapy, uses a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer. Doctors remove ...
Jun 13, 2026
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Routine exposure to harmful levels of the human tissue preservative formaldehyde is risking the health of thousands of NHS staff working in pathology departments across the UK due to poor monitoring and control, finds an ...
Jun 9, 2026
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A blood stem cell donation can save the lives of people with leukemia. To collect these cells from the bloodstream, donors are given medication that mobilizes blood stem cells from the bone marrow. A pilot study now suggests ...
May 11, 2026
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A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant. A Phase II clinical trial of patients undergoing a cord blood transplant ...
Apr 27, 2026
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Childhood cancer is the eighth-leading cause of childhood death globally and causes more deaths than measles, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, with outcomes largely determined by resource availability, according to the latest findings ...
Apr 3, 2026
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Researchers have discovered an antioxidant, glutathione, that cancer cells appear to be "addicted to" as fuel, opening new pathways for investigation and a potential drug that can restrict the way tumors use this nutrient.
Mar 18, 2026
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For years, one of the most powerful weapons against certain blood cancers, called CAR-T cell therapy, has required an elaborate process: Doctors extract a patient's immune cells, ship them to a specialized facility where ...
Mar 18, 2026
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