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Five-year survival data suggest brentuximab vedotin potentially curative in some hodgkin lymphoma patients with limited treatment options
7/19/2016

Phase II trial suggests therapy should be standard of care for patients facing relapsed or treatment-resistant Hodgkin lymphoma.

"Dense breasts" diagnosis varies widely among radiologists
7/19/2016

The likelihood of a woman being told she has dense breasts varies substantially according to which radiologist interprets her mammogram.

A high-fat Mediterranean diet may protect against breast cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular events
7/19/2016

According to researchers, a healthy diet can include "a lot of fat." A review of available evidence suggests that a Mediterranean diet with no restrictions on fat intake may reduce a person's risk...

REVLIMID (lenalidomide) approved by the European Commission for the treatment of relapsed/refractory patients with mantle cell lymphoma
7/18/2016

Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) for the treatment of adult...

Medical center reduces blood waste, saves millions with new practices
7/18/2016

By changing practices spanning ordering, transport, and storage of blood, an academic medical center reduces blood use by 30 percent and saves $2 million.

Purpura: What You Need to Know
7/18/2016

Learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatments for purpura, a skin condition that appears as small purple spots just beneath the surface of the skin.

Mayo Clinic scientists develop new combination therapy for advanced cancers
7/18/2016

A drug combination designed to enhance the immune system's ability to zero in and attack cancer cells has shown a pronounced therapeutic effect against advanced and metastatic cancers in mice...

Hybrid immune cells in early-stage lung cancer spur anti-tumor T cells to action
7/18/2016

The microenvironment of tumors is a mix of cell types, mostly comprised of inflammatory cells.

Scientists trace origin cell of bone and soft tissue tumors, test drug target
7/18/2016

Scientists at Duke Health are part of a team that has discovered a type of cell surrounding blood vessels can also serve as a starting point for sarcoma, a form of cancer that occurs in bones and...

New compounds defeat multi-drug resistant cancer cells
7/15/2016

Researchers find a newly discovered class of molecules - called selenocompounds - can kill multi-drug resistant cancer cells in mice.