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Released: 24-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Is Comprehensive Genetic Testing Worth It for Patients with Cancer?
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Comprehensive gene panel testing, one of the exciting new tools in cancer diagnostics, warrants greater scrutiny — as does a federal program aimed at speeding up the review process for proposed new medical technologies. Those are conclusions of Yale medical experts who studied both and published a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on Sept.

Newswise: Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Claire Yun Kyoung Ryu Tiger, MD, PhD, medical oncologist in the Leukemia/Lymphoma/Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health shares the basics about blood cancers.

Newswise: A Precision-Medicine Initiative Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute Aims to Improve Treatment for the Most Common Form of Leukemia in Adults
Released: 23-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
A Precision-Medicine Initiative Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute Aims to Improve Treatment for the Most Common Form of Leukemia in Adults
University of Kansas Cancer Center

The University of Kansas Cancer Center is part of the myeloMATCH trial, a large, coordinated effort to improve patient outcomes through targeted treatments for people with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Released: 20-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Disparities Narrowing Among Patients Undergoing Blood Stem Cell Transplant, Roswell Park Study Reveals
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Open Disparities Narrowing Among Patients Undergoing Blood Stem Cell Transplant, Roswell Park Study Reveals configuration options Historically, some patients with blood cancers have been less likely than others to receive stem cell transplant, also known as bone marrow transplant.

Released: 19-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for September 19, 2024
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
Newswise: MSK Research Highlights September 18, 2024
Released: 18-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
MSK Research Highlights September 18, 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) uses saturation genome editing to better understanding of the RAD51C gene, which has been linked to higher risks of breast and ovarian cancer; sheds new light on brain metastasis; and finds a commercially available contrast dye could help surgeons better separate cancer from healthy tissue.

17-Sep-2024 1:30 PM EDT
Novel Triplet Regimen Yields Promising Response in Advanced-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

According to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 80% of patients with previously untreated or relapsed/refractory advanced-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) – including both accelerated or myeloid blast phases of the disease – or Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) achieved a bone marrow remission when treated with a novel combination of decitabine, venetoclax and ponatinib.

Released: 17-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Advanced 3D Mammography Detects More Breast Cancers, Fewer False Positives
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

The newer, 3D form of breast screening, known as digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), is more effective at detecting breast cancer than traditional 2D digital mammography (DM). That’s the conclusion of an analysis of 13 years’ worth of screening data conducted by Yale Cancer Center researchers.

Newswise: Inherited Changes in BRCA Genes Linked to Increased Risk of Multiple Myeloma
Released: 17-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Inherited Changes in BRCA Genes Linked to Increased Risk of Multiple Myeloma
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

A significant number of multiple myeloma patients may have an inherited but previously unrecognized risk of developing the disease, a new study led by Roswell Park Chief of Clinical Genomics Kenan Onel, MD, PhD, reveals.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New Tumor Models Provide Insights Into Deadly Sarcomas
UC Davis Health

Researchers at UC Davis and UCLA have created models for four sarcoma subtypes using stem cells. The findings may lead to new therapies.

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Released: 15-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Roswell Park-Designed Treatment Regimen Doubles Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

During the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, Saby George, MD, FACP, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center presented findings on a novel two-agent treatment that more than doubled progression-free survival compared with single-agent treatment.

13-Sep-2024 9:45 AM EDT
ESMO: Combination Therapy Reduced Agitated Delirium in Patients with Advanced Cancers
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Treatment with a combination of haloperidol and lorazepam reduced symptoms of agitated delirium, a common end-of-life condition for patients with advanced cancers, compared with haloperidol alone, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Newswise: Antibody-Drug Conjugate Found Effective Against Brain Metastases in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Released: 13-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Antibody-Drug Conjugate Found Effective Against Brain Metastases in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those that have spread to the brain in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. Research led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Newswise: Repeat Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Not Recommended for Advanced Kidney Cancer
Released: 13-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Repeat Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Not Recommended for Advanced Kidney Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

In an international multicenter randomized phase 3 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, researchers tested the addition of the immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) nivolumab to treatment with tivozanib for patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

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Released: 13-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
ESMO: Novel ADC AZD8205 Demonstrates Manageable Safety Profile and Preliminary Efficacy in First-in-Human Trial
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) puxitatug samrotecan (AZD8205) demonstrated a manageable safety profile consistent with similar ADCs and initial efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors, according to interim data shared today at the 2024 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Newswise: Residents in San Joaquin Valley Breathe Chemical Pesticides, According to New Study
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Residents in San Joaquin Valley Breathe Chemical Pesticides, According to New Study
UC Davis Health

A UC Davis Health study found 22% of adults and 10% of children who participated in an air-quality study in California’s San Joaquin Valley were breathing detectable levels of pesticides.

Newswise: NCCN Commits to Sharing Award-Winning Resources for People with Cancer in Spanish and Other Languages
Released: 12-Sep-2024 8:55 AM EDT
NCCN Commits to Sharing Award-Winning Resources for People with Cancer in Spanish and Other Languages
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the NCCN Foundation announce plans to make every book in the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients available in Spanish; with select editions available in additional languages as well.

Newswise: New, Rare Type of Small Cell Lung Cancer Identified by MSK Research Team
Released: 11-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New, Rare Type of Small Cell Lung Cancer Identified by MSK Research Team
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A team of doctors and researchers at MSK have identified a new, rare type of small cell lung cancer that primarily affects younger people who have never smoked. Learn how one 19-year-old patient sparked a detective story.

Newswise: Comprehensive cancer research from Dana-Farber to lead ESMO Congress 2024
9-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Comprehensive cancer research from Dana-Farber to lead ESMO Congress 2024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Novel treatments, including targeted therapies and antibody drug conjugates, as well as research into improving quality of life for patients with breast cancer, headline studies led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.

Newswise: NCCN Policy Summit Explores how to Build an Inclusive Cancer Center Workplace Culture that Better Serves Everybody
Released: 10-Sep-2024 2:00 PM EDT
NCCN Policy Summit Explores how to Build an Inclusive Cancer Center Workplace Culture that Better Serves Everybody
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

Speakers at an NCCN Oncology Policy Summit discuss the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as integral to the oncology workforce to improve cancer outcomes, and what to do about backlash.



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