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Big Comeback for Myeloma Drug; DIY Cancer Therapy; Gut Clues to Bladder Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Electronic Symptom Screening in Kids With Cancer Boosts Quality of Care

Improvements seen in pain, neuropathy, and cognitive function

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U.S. Nurse Found Dead; Harvey Weinstein's Cancer; Creepy Source of Ear Pain

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FDA APPROVED obecabtagene autoleucel (Aucatzyl) over a rendering of CAR-T cells attacking lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

New CAR T-Cell Therapy Approved for Leukemia

Obecabtagene autoleucel has no requirement for a REMS program

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Is It Really Cancer? More Concerns About Accelerated Approval; Metformin and Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Diet and Prostate Cancer; TTFields OK'd for NSCLC; Cancer Studies Retracted

-- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Study Details Perinatal Risks of Blood Cancers Diagnosed in Pregnancy

Likelihood of severe maternal morbidity more than 20 times higher versus the general population

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Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk

10% of patients in trials leading to eli-cel's approval developed MDS or AML

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Good News for CAR-T Therapy; Liquid Biopsy Progress; Anti-Psychotic for Brain Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Cancer Treatment Ups CV Risk; Therapy's Next Big Thing; Nude Photos Settlement

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Earlier Info on Financial Stress; Obesity and Second Cancers; Carcinogenic Condoms?

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Chemo-Free Triplet Yields 68% Response Rate in Richter Transformation

Regimen tops best historical response rate with chemoimmunotherapy in this setting

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Second Malignancy Risk With CAR T-Cell Therapy on Par With Other Treatments

Incidence almost identical to that with standard cancer treatment in randomized trials

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BTK Inhibitor Active in Half of Patients With Richter Transformation

Responses to pirtobrutinib observed in patients with previously treated disease

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Mixed Results With Cyclophosphamide in Mismatched Unrelated Stem Cell Transplants

Better survival in one registry study, detriment with class I HLA mismatch in another

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Is Medicare's Negotiated Drug Price List Worth Celebrating? Depends on Whom You Ask.

Reactions from physician and consumer groups were positive, but drugmakers begged to differ

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More Support for Early Detection; Cancer in Men Rising; Diet Drives Colon Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Medicare Unveils First 10 Negotiated Drug Prices

Prices slashed by as much as 79%

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CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19

Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns

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No Gestational Diabetes-Cancer Link; Cholesterol and Cancer; Oncologist Saves Umpire

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Approval in Endometrial Cancer Expanded; Masks at Cancer Centers; NPR Reporter Dies

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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'Next Berlin Patient' Adds to Small but Growing Number of People Cured of HIV

New case suggests HIV cure can be achieved independent of stem cell transplant donor CCR5 status

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'Realistic Chance for Pregnancy' After Stem Cell Transplant, German Study Suggests

77% of pregnancies resulted in live births

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Young Cervical Cancer, Leukemia Survivors at Greater Risk of Obstetric Complications

Population-based study suggests reassurance for most, high-risk strategies for some

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EU Adds CAR-T Warning; New Blincyto Indication; Good News in Pancreatic Cancer

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Three-Drug Regimens Make Case for a Role in Untreated and Relapsed/Refractory CLL

Undetectable MRD rates of 90% or higher, PFS of 7 years or more

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New Standard of Care in High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia?

All-trans retinoic acid plus arsenic trioxide and idarubicin improved EFS over standard

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New Clues to Origin of T-Cell Lymphoma After CAR-T Therapy

Co-mutations, viral link, potential common susceptibility emerge from two studies

FDA APPROVED imetelstat (Rytelo) over a photo of a bag of blood in blue rubber gloved hands.

Telomerase Inhibitor Approved for MDS-Related Anemia

Imetelstat indicated for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with transfusion-dependent anemia

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'Unusual' Cancers After Pandemic; A Win in TNBC; Shortage Pauses Clinical Trial

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Star Singer's Illness; AI Imitating the Dead; Internet-Addicted Brains

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STAMP Inhibitor Tops Imatinib, Second-Gen TKIs for Newly Diagnosed CML

The benefit-risk profile could change the treatment paradigm in CML, expert says

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Ignoring Colonoscopy Advice; Inflamed Tongue, Then Cancer; Acupuncture for Dry Mouth

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Ending Oncology's Toxic Relationship With High Chemotherapy Doses

Optimizing doses can improve patient outcomes and lower costs

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Venetoclax Combo Safe, Effective in AML Patients Age 80 and Up, Real-World Data Show

Study finds survival is comparable to that seen in younger patients in VIALE-A trial

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Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers May Increase Risk of Childhood Leukemia

However, overall cancer risk was not higher after fertility treatments vs natural conception

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High Deep-Remission Rate With Triple Regimen for Relapsed/Refractory CLL

Undetectable disease rate over 90%, ctDNA also promising for earlier detection of recurrence

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CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers

"All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease

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Immunotherapy During Pregnancy Just as Safe as Other Cancer Drugs

However, use should be avoided "if possible" due to risk of rare immune-related adverse events

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1,000 Paper Cranes Can Bring Our Patients One Step Closer to Healing

We must remind our patients to hold on to hope

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