Q&A: What is lymphoma?
My sister recently noticed significantly enlarged lymph nodes in her neck. Her primary care physician said he thought she had lymphoma. What is lymphoma and what is her prognosis? Is it hereditary?
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Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases: News and Research on Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
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Ultra-low dose radiation achieves complete response in 90% of patients with orbital indolent B-cell lymphomas
Using a novel response-adapted ultra-low dose radiation therapy strategy, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center observed a 90% complete response rate in patients with orbital indolent B-cell lymphoma. ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Enzyme inhibitor slows tumor growth
Together with researchers from University Hospital Mainz, the University of Regensburg and the IRCM in Montreal (Canada), a research team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena has discovered a novel therapeutic approach ...
Sep 21, 2022
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Incidence of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma up in the U.S.
The overall incidence of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) increased in the United States from 2000 to 2018, according to a research letter published online Sept. 1 in JAMA Oncology.
Sep 13, 2022
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Nature-inspired peptide shows anti-tumor activity
An Austrian study demonstrates an anti-tumor effect of certain nature-derived cyclic peptides. The study, which has now been published internationally, not only demonstrates the inhibition of cell division by these peptides, ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Study of cancer immunotherapy patients reveals markers of treatment response
The treatment of blood cancers has dramatically improved in the last five years, thanks to a new class of cancer immunotherapies called CAR-T cell therapy. This therapy—which involves engineering a patient's own T cells in ...
Sep 13, 2022
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New patient guidelines for marginal zone lymphoma help caregivers better understand a rare form of blood cancer
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has published new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Marginal Zone Lymphoma. A cancer of the lymphatic system, marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) is a type of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Cases of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of breast up in U.S. women
The age-adjusted incidence rate of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) of the breast is increasing rapidly in the United States, according to a research letter published online July 21 in JAMA Oncology.
Jul 26, 2022
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Researchers use custom molecule to halt growth of multiple myeloma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma in mice
Researchers at Stanford University have developed "decoy receptor" molecules that inhibit the growth of both multiple myeloma (MM) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in mice. The molecules, described in a study to ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Research collaboration changes international classification of firefighting to carcinogenic
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as "carcinogenic," changing the previous classification of "possibly carcinogenic." The reclassification came ...
Jul 20, 2022
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