Medications

Drug combination shows potential in aggressive leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of cancer that originates in the bone marrow, rapidly spreads to the blood, and can quickly cause death if not treated promptly. Despite recent therapeutic advances, it continues ...

Medical research

Possible therapeutic approach to fight incurable blood cancer

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common type of blood cancer. It attacks the plasma cells in the blood. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered a mechanism which provides indications ...

Medical research

Novel therapeutic target for acute myeloid leukemia

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered the mechanisms by which a particular protein promotes cancer cell proliferation and survival in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

Medical research

Dissemination of bone metastasis linked with bone remodeling

Years to decades after breast tumors have been removed, cancer may return or metastasize in other organs. Bone is frequently affected by metastasis and in the current study published in the journal Cancer Discovery, a team ...

Oncology & Cancer

FLASH radiation therapy shows promise in first-in-human trial

FLASH radiation treatment—which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second—may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors, a first-in-human study in a small number of people ...

Oncology & Cancer

Five key medical advances related to bone marrow transplantation

In the six decades since blood and marrow transplantation was used to treat patients with blood cancers, this once experimental treatment has become a vital cancer-fighting tool. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is celebrating ...

Oncology & Cancer

Study shows novel agent can overcome immune dysfunction in cancer

A collaborative effort between investigators at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) in Havana, Cuba, has revealed a new strategy for correcting immune dysfunction in cancer ...

Medical research

Inflammation accelerates aging of the hematopoietic system

In mice, inflammation in early to mid-life leads to a permanent decline in functional blood stem cells, according to a recent publication by scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Stem Cell Institute ...

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