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High Hopes for Amgen and Gilead at Europe’s Biggest Cancer Research Conference

High Hopes for Amgen and Gilead at Europe’s Biggest Cancer Research Conference Gilead Sciences headquarters sign is seen in Foster City, California JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Image Europe’s biggest conference for cancer researchers will be a virtual affair this weekend, but it is still expected to be a big deal for companies like Amgen and for Immunomedics, […]

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New Blood Test Detects Cancer Up to 4 Years Before Diagnosis

New Blood Test Detects Cancer Up to 4 Years Before Diagnosis Drug Companies Investigated for Possible… MedTruth Editors · September 1, 2020 The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether drugmakers violated the False Claims Act by possibly failing to disclose the presence of NDMA in their Zantac and generic ranitidine heartburn products. News Democratic […]

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ESMO: Pfizer’s Ibrance flop in early breast cancer shouldn’t hurt metastatic sales, exec says

ESMO: Pfizer’s Ibrance flop in early breast cancer shouldn’t hurt metastatic sales, exec says Pfizer talked up Ibrance’s potential in early breast cancer for years before getting the bad news this May: The Pallas study, examining the drug in stage 2 and stage 3 patients with the HR-positive, HER2-negative form of the disease, was a […]

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Categories Multiple Myeloma

UnbreakaBell marching for myeloma research

UnbreakaBell marching for myeloma research A Riverview resident will lead his family and friends this weekend as the head of Team UnbreakaBell in the 10th annual Winnipeg Multiple Myeloma March. Steven Bell said that, given the pandemic, everyone involved in the march is doing it on their own. SOU’WESTER Steven Bell and his family — […]

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‘You adapt’: Living with and fundraising for a rare cancer during a global pandemic

‘You adapt’: Living with and fundraising for a rare cancer during a global pandemic Article content continued Arleigh McCurdy is a hematologist who leads The Ottawa Hospital’s myeloma program. It sees about 130 new patients in the Ottawa region annually and follows close to 1,000. In the COVID-19 era, the stability of their treatment is […]

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Love doesn’t cast out all fear

Love doesn’t cast out all fear By David Zuccolotto, Op-ed Contributor | Thursday, September 17, 2020 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us…By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; There is no fear in love; but […]

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Categories Multiple Myeloma

CAR T-Cell Therapy For Multiple Myeloma – Michael's Story – Nebraska Medicine

CAR T-Cell Therapy For Multiple Myeloma – Michael's Story – Nebraska Medicine After conventional treatments weren’t effective, Michael Cox became our first patient to take part in a clinical trial for CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Learn more in this brief video about how the treatment works and why his doctor is hopeful this […]

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