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Bacterium may increase risk of DLBCL, FL
Coxiella burnetii Image courtesy of NIAID The bacterium that causes Q fever may confer an increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)...
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Anticoagulant granted fast track designation
Image by Kevin MacKenzie The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to betrixaban as extended-duration venous...
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Explaining treatment-related anemia
Research conducted in mice suggests that genomic screening might reveal cancer patients who are likely to develop treatment-related anemia. The...
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Report: Many cancer patients may be dying of VTE
chemotherapy Photo by Rhoda Baer Thousands of annual deaths among cancer patients in England and Wales may be caused by venous thromboembolism (...
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Cancer survivors have poor diets, study suggests
New research suggests that cancer survivors in the US may need dietary interventions to improve their health. The study showed that, overall,...
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Tracking system helps reduce blood use
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Eltrombopag can benefit kids with chronic ITP
Photo by Logan Tuttle Results of 2 studies suggest eltrombopag can be safe and effective in children of all ages affected by chronic immune...
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Regimen may lengthen survival in AL amyloidosis
High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplant (HDM/SCT) may enable long-term survival in patients with light-chain (AL) amyloidosis,...
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Haplo-HSCT appears comparable to fully matched HSCT
Photo by Chad McNeeley A retrospective study suggests that, for patients with hematologic disorders, a haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell...
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Smartphone use may put patient data at risk
Photo by Daniel Sone A new survey suggests that doctors and nurses in London are routinely using their own smartphones for patient care....
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Findings may inform design of new treatments for JMML
Image from the Salk Institute Researchers have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) and...
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Method can identify CTCL quickly, study suggests
High-throughput sequencing (HTS) may enable earlier diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), according to a study published in Science...
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JAK inhibitors could treat Sézary syndrome, team says
Photo courtesy of NIGMS Patients with Sézary syndrome (SS) may have a more complex array of genetic mutations than we thought, according to a...
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BMI linked to need for blood transfusion
Photo courtesy of UAB Hospital VIENNA—New research suggests that having a higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with a decreased need for...
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Case suggests GSIs could treat Notch-mutated ALL
before (top) and after 7 weeks of treatment (bottom) © Knoechel et al. Results of a case study suggest a gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) can be...