Oncology & Cancer
How the body fights back against cancer
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune system can be triggered to attack cancer cells.
Mar 1, 2022
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Blood Cancer
Medications
Lucky find could hold key to beating rare blood cancer
Adelaide researchers have discovered a new method to treat the rare and crippling blood cancer, myelofibrosis, that could have the potential to greatly extend lifespan while also significantly improving quality of life.
Feb 22, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Women at higher odds for side effects from some cancer treatments
(HealthDay)—Gender differences extend to cancer treatments, with women having a higher risk of severe side effects from certain treatments than men, a new study finds.
Feb 15, 2022
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Medications
Blood cancer and arthritis patients taking Rituximab show impaired antibody response to COVID vaccine
Certain blood cancer and arthritis patients have a significantly reduced antibody response to double COVID-19 vaccination in the first six months of being treated with a widely used drug, reveals a new study.
Jan 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Psychological distress in adolescents and young adults with cancer during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Many adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer are experiencing high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Psycho-Oncology.
Jan 6, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug combo may improve family-donated stem cells as blood cancer treatment
A drug combination can safely prevent transplanted stem cells (graft) from attacking the recipient's (host) body, allowing them to develop into healthy new blood and immune cells, a new study shows.
Dec 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New study reveals elevated rates of blood cancer precursor condition in groups at high risk for multiple myeloma
The first results from the largest screening study yet conducted in the United States of individuals at above-average risk for the blood cancer multiple myeloma have revealed higher rates of a myeloma precursor condition ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy fails for some blood cancer patients because of crucial gene mutations
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has found.
Dec 6, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
COVID-19 booster shot helps vast majority of cancer patients
Most cancer patients who had no measurable immune response after being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were helped by a third vaccine dose, according to a new study by investigators at the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Health
Handful of companies could prevent around 300 deaths a year by cutting salt in these products
New research suggests around 300 deaths a year could be avoided if just five Aussie food manufacturers cut salt in packaged foods such as processed meat, bread, chicken nuggets and sausages down to government target levels. ...
Oct 27, 2021
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