Wallops! Partners with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month “For the month of September, our snack superhero will turn its powers toward helping find a cure for childhood cancer,” said Keith Schroeder, CEO of High Road Craft Brands. “We’re thrilled to be able to support such a wonderful cause. Our customers can […]
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Growth hormone associated with early puberty and future breast cancer risk Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 1 2020 When girls reach puberty at an unusually early age, they face a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Now, experts at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati offer a new, unified explanation […]
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New small-molecule drug targets hard-to-reach cancer-linked enzyme The nuclear receptor-binding SET domain (NSD) family of histone methyltransferases is comprised of three members — NSD1, NSD2 and NSD3 — which regulate chromatin integrity and gene expression. Overexpression, mutations, and translocations of NSDs are associated with several human malignancies, including NSD1 translocation with the nucleoporin 98 and […]
Read More Second Cancers a Cause of Death for Patients With Ph-Negative MPN [unable to retrieve full-text content] … osteosarcomas, multiple myeloma, aggressive lymphoma, acute leukemia), and 65% of these patients died from these causes (MR 11.0/100 PYs).Published at Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:33:26 +0000
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Cilta-cel, CAR T-cell Treatment, Named Breakthrough Therapy in China Legend Biotech and Janssen’s investigational CAR T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) has been given breakthrough therapy designation in China as a potential treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Cilta-cel refers to both LCAR-B38M, the name given to the therapy in China, and JNJ-4528, the name […]
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Myeloma Bone Disease Bone disease is one of the most common complications in myeloma and the main cause of pain affecting patients. This animation describes what happens during normal bone metabolism, how it becomes disrupted in myeloma and what the possible consequences are.
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Video 19 Blood Cancers 02) Cancers of the blood Cancers of the blood and immune system typically fall into one of three categories: leukemias, which manifest in immature white cells inside the bone marrow, lymphomas which manifest in lymphocycte cells, and myelomas which manifest in immature plasma cells inside the bone marrow. Lymphomas are typically […]
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Blood Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment This Your Health segment discusses the diagnoses and treatments of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Our expert is Maria Baer, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Baer’s Physician […]
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