Dana-Farber Launches Chinese-Language Website

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launches a new Chinese-language website.
2-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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After 60 Years, Scientists Uncover How Thalidomide Produced Birth Defects

More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose mothers took the drug while pregnant, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have solved a mystery that has lingered ever since the dangers of the...
1-Aug-2018 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Finds Melanoma Biomarkers Predicting Checkpoint Blocker Response

Scientists at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) have identified biomarkers in melanoma that could help tailor immunotherapy treatments to maximize the benefits for patients while reducing the likelihood of severe side effects.
17-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

AI Plus Ovarian Suppression Yields Benefit in High-Risk Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients

Premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer and a high risk of recurrence who are treated with an aromatase inhibitor plus ovarian function suppression may gain 10 to 15 percent improvement in freedom from distant...
31-May-2018 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Blood Test Shows Potential for Early Detection of Lung Cancer

A test that analyzes free-floating DNA in the blood may be able to detect early-stage lung cancer, a preliminary report from the ongoing Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas (CCGA) study suggests.
31-May-2018 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Philips and Dana-Farber operationalize and scale Clinical Pathways

he Dana-Farber Clinical Pathways will be deployed through the Philips IntelliSpace Oncology Platform, providing clinical decision support to physicians via a patient-centric solution.
31-May-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Reveals That Many Oncologists Recommend Medical Marijuana Clinically Despite Not Feeling Sufficiently Knowledgeable to Do So

While a wide majority of oncologists do not feel informed enough about medical marijuana’s utility to make clinical recommendations, most do in fact conduct discussions on medical marijuana in the clinic and nearly half recommend it to their...
1-May-2018 5:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Genomic Analysis Unravels Complexities of the Most Common Form of Lymphoma and Enables Personalized Treatment

The majority of patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be treated effectively. However, people whose disease recurs face a shortage of good options, especially because the disease is driven by a complicated mix of genetic...
26-Apr-2018 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites