Oncology & Cancer

Studying the impact of stem cell transplants

People with sickle cell disease who receive nonmyeloablative stem cell transplants are at greater risk for developing new tumors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Oncology & Cancer

New review on p53 biology and reactivation in blood cancers

In a recently published review in the journal Biomarker Research, Joanna Zawacka, Docent at the department of Oncology-Pathology discusses our current understanding of p53 biology in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute ...

Health informatics

MRI-based AI can distinguish aplastic anemia from MDS

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based machine learning method can distinguish aplastic anemia (AA) from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), according to a study published online March 6 in Clinical Radiology.

Oncology & Cancer

Medicare approves genetic test for solid tumors

A genetic test that identifies cancer mutations in solid tumors and that was developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been approved for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare ...

Oncology & Cancer

Response to lenalidomide often suboptimal in MDS/MPN-RS-T

(HealthDay)—Lenalidomide produces hematologic responses in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) with ring sideroblasts (RS) and thrombocytosis (MDS/MPN-RS-T), although these responses are often ...

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