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Team reports new method of chemo delivery
Credit: Kathy Atkinson Researchers have devised a novel way to deliver chemotherapy drugs “on demand,” according to a paper published in...
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Predicting problems in families of cancer patients
Credit: Rhoda Baer A new analysis suggests family dysfunction is the greatest predictor of emotional and behavioral problems among children who...
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Tool may predict cancer patients’ risk of financial stress
patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer A new questionnaire can measure a cancer patient’s risk for financial stress, according to a paper...
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CNS involvement predicts relapse but not survival in ARL, study shows
The research showed that ARL patients with CNS involvement at diagnosis were nearly 3 times as likely as their peers to have CNS relapse during...
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Lenalidomide combination improves QOL in newly diagnosed MM
©ASCO/Scott Morgan CHICAGO—Substituting lenalidomide for thalidomide in the standard treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) improves...
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Method reveals new targets of p53
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Wealth appears to affect distribution of cancer types
Credit: Rhoda Baer Results of a large study suggest certain malignanices are more concentrated in areas with high levels of poverty, while other...
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mAb gets breakthrough designation for MM
Credit: Linda Bartlett The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation for elotuzumab, a humanized...
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Cancer trial publications often omit minority accrual rates
Credit: Rhoda Baer A review of clinical trial data from 2012 suggests Hispanic patients are underrepresented in US cancer studies, and many trial...
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Chip may allow for early cancer detection
Institute of Photonic Sciences Scientists say they’ve developed a lab-on-a-chip device capable of detecting protein markers for cancer. The...
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How cancer-fighting protein is held in check
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