Oncology & Cancer
FDA clears cold cap to save hair during breast cancer chemo
Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to save their locks.
Dec 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Understanding individual genetic variation can help predict chemotherapy side effects
The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer shows that it is possible to predict which patients are most likely to suffer serious side effects, a researcher ...
Mar 23, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
One in two cancer patients may develop long COVID, with risk higher in women
More than one in two cancer patients at a US cancer center experienced symptoms of long COVID-19 for more than six months after initial infection, according to a study published today in eLife.
Feb 7, 2023
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Immunology
FDA approves cord blood stem cell product for blood cancer patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic cord blood-based cell therapy, to cut the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer following a myeloablative ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Does diabetes mean worse outcomes for cancer patients?
Diabetes is a known risk factor for developing cancer, but could it also predict how cancer patients respond to treatment?
May 4, 2023
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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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidney disease patients have higher out-of-pocket costs than stroke and cancer patients
Patients who have chronic kidney disease but are not on dialysis have higher out-of-pocket healthcare expenses than even stroke and cancer patients, according to a study by researchers at Loyola University Chicago and Loyola ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
CASSINI Trial publishes data on preventing blood clots in cancer patients
The first clinical study investigating the use of the direct oral anticoagulant, rivaroxaban, to prevent blood clots in patients with cancer at high-risk published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Contraceptive and cholesterol-lowering drugs used to treat cancer
The combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug, Bezafibrate, and a contraceptive steroid, Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, could be an effective, non-toxic treatment for a range of cancers, researchers at the University of Birmingham ...
May 14, 2015
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Medical research
Discovery could lead to new treatment for rare blood disease
A cancer researcher at the University of Alberta has made a discovery that could unlock new ways to treat a rare blood disease.
Jan 27, 2020
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