(HealthDay)—For patients with refractory or relapsed large B-cell lymphoma, axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) leads to improvements in event-free survival and response compared with standard care, according to a study published ...
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A study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), found that in patients with previously untreated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Polatuzumab vedotin ...
Dec 14, 2021
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Of the 18,000 people diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma each year, only half will be successfully treated with chemotherapy. The 9,000 remaining patients typically have poor outcomes, with only 25% responding to additional, ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Three clinical studies led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated enhanced responses for patients with high-risk lymphoma treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) chimeric antigen ...
Dec 12, 2021
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Newer therapies are outpacing the current treatment for diffuse large B cell lymphoma, according to data that scientists will deliver from two major clinical trials at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting ...
Dec 10, 2021
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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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A molecule known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a driver of several cancers, including pediatric neuroblastoma, B-cell lymphomas, and myofibroblast tumors. But for years much about this molecule—its role in the ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Cellular immunotherapies have so far not been very effective against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A team led by Armin Rehm of the MDC has discovered a possible reason. As the they describe in Cell Reports, this cancer induces ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine have devised a tool to examine how cells behave and interact in various environments of the body. They've used it to better understand ...
Nov 1, 2021
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For nearly a decade, scientists have known that HIV integrates itself into genes in cells that have the potential to cause cancer. And when this happens in animals with other retroviruses, those animals often develop cancer. ...
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