Patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma participating in an early-phase immunotherapy trial led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center had their advanced tumors disappear completely after their immune cells were genetically ...
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A large, nationwide study published in the journal JAMA Oncology found that people who received transplants of cells collected from a donor's bone marrow the original source for blood stem cell transplants, developed decades ...
Aug 16, 2016
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A newly defined type of colorectal and endometrial cancer involves at least two somatic mutations in the mismatch repair genes (MMR): MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2. This double somatic MMR cancer has no germline mutations in the ...
Aug 16, 2016
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One of the challenges for developing truly successful immunotherapies is that cancer is a wily foe for the immune system. Tumors have multiple lines of defense against our immune cells' attempts to attack them. Although our ...
Aug 9, 2016
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Overweight or obese women who lost weight through diet or a combination of diet and exercise also significantly lowered levels of proteins in the blood that help certain tumors grow, according to a Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...
Jul 14, 2016
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Inherited mutations in genes that function to repair DNA may contribute to metastatic prostate cancer more than previously recognized, according to a study out today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Though infrequent ...
Jul 6, 2016
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The field of oncology is rapidly changing, thanks to new discoveries and treatments, and patients with cancer are living longer, often juggling multiple chronic conditions. An article in the July 5, 2016 Journal of Clinical ...
Jul 5, 2016
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A new metastatic melanoma study suggests that a combination of two immunotherapies may be better than one:
Jun 6, 2016
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Chatting on the phone with a "sleep coach" and keeping a nightly sleep diary significantly improve sleep quality and reduce insomnia in women through all stages of menopause, according to a new study published today in JAMA ...
May 23, 2016
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For Kristin Kleinhofer, two words—"choose hope"—have been a lifeline.
Apr 27, 2016
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