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Study confirms small blood cancer risk from CT scans
New research suggests that radiation exposure from CT scans heightens the risk of blood cancer in people under age 22.
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FDA’s Project Optimus aims to transform early cancer research
Q & A with an expert on how the FDA’s Project Optimus targets toxicity and how it could spell the end of traditional dose-escalation trials....
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FDA approves bosutinib for children with CML
Bosutinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of child patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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Antibody shows promise in preventing GVHD
In translational research that shows potential for humans, an antibody blockade of the Notch signaling pathway prevents graft-versus-host-disease...
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ESMO helps hematologists assess new cancer drugs
The group’s new study evaluation tool, the ESMO-MCBS:H, is aimed at helping doctors and others determine the benefit of new blood cancer therapies...
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Multiprong strategy makes clinical trials less White
Only a small percentage of eligible patients participate in clinical trials in the first place, and very few come from racial and ethnic minority...
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CBSM phone app eases anxiety, depression in cancer patients
Few patients with cancer have access to psycho-oncologic support.
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Huge underuse of germline testing for cancer patients
Information from germline genetic testing could affect a patient’s cancer care.
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DEI training gives oncology fellows more confidence
Only 2%-3% of practicing oncologists are Black or Hispanic/Latino, says Yale Cancer Center doctor.
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Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now U.S. cancer patients can’t get meds
On Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags...
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CMML: GM-CSF inhibitor lenzilumab shows early promise
The PREACH-M trial has yielded encouraging preliminary results in treating CMML, a rare, “insidious” leukemia that can transform into AML.