As blood cancer treatments evolve, so does the patient journey
Drug treatments for blood cancers have evolved. In the past, myeloma patients received two drugs in sequence—two after two.
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The importance of mitochondrial function in health and disease
The (WMS) is preparing for its annual Targeting Mitochondria 2024 conference, which will focus on innovative strategies to "charge" cells by supplying them with extra mitochondria to enhance cellular ...
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Blood Cancer Awareness Month: How Have Advancements In Treatment Improved Patient Outcomes?
There have been significant advances made over the past decade in the treatment of blood cancer; it has led to improved outcomes and survival rates, says a doctor. Blood cancers or hematologic ...
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Night Sweats to Recurrent Fever: Early signs of blood cancer one must know
Blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, relate to malfunction in the production and functioning of blood cells. Blood cancers are no longer a rare condition as the cases are ...
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The Battle Brewing Over Blood Tests for Cancer
Blood tests for cancer detection, known as liquid biopsies, can still be unreliable, but progress is being made. Competition between different diagnostics companies is also intensifying.
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Biotech feud over the multibillion-dollar cancer blood test market spills onto social media
Over the weekend, during the lead-up to Exact Sciences announcing data from a blood-based colon cancer test, Guardant Health co-CEO AmirAli Talasaz challenged Exact’s CEO, Kevin Conroy ...
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Slow flow of local blood donations has big impact on patients with cancer and blood disorders
ABOUT 35% IS USED IN SURGERY, AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNT, 38%, IS USED TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS. BRUNEL ETIENNE IS ONE OF THEM. I SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. ETIENNE INHERITED THIS ...
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Kaplan unites with blood drive benefit for beloved resident battling cancer
Trey Harrington, from Kaplan, knows all too well how life saving blood donations can be for him and others with cancer. “There’s been times where I have to wait days or hours for platelets to ...
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Deep Links Between Alcohol and Cancer Are Described in New Report
Yet rates of these cancers in young adults are going up, as have rates of gastric cancers and certain blood cancers, the report said. And even as patients with leukemia, melanoma and kidney cancer ...
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Symptoms of prostate cancer: Blood in urine, pain are warning signs, here's what men should know
September is recognised as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common cancers affecting men worldwide. Prostate cancer, which develops in ...
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Exact Sciences reports initial positive results in colon cancer blood test, but pivot trial still pending
Exact Sciences, which has for years sold a stool-based colon cancer test, on Monday announced that a blood-based test it’s developing showed promise in accurately detecting the disease.