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Smoldering myeloma progressed more rapidly in patients with elevated BMIs
An elevated body mass index appears to be a risk factor for progression of smoldering multiple myeloma, according to Wilson I. Gonsalves, MD, and...
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Myeloma patients who get solid tumor cancers do as well as other cancer patients
With improved treatment, patients with multiple myeloma are surviving long enough to develop other cancers, Jorge J. Castillo, MD, and Adam J....
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Lenalidomide maintenance boosted depth of response in myeloma patients
Lenalidomide maintenance therapy further improved depth of response in newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible patients with multiple myeloma in the...
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Daratumumab, elotuzumab eyed for initial treatment of myeloma
The emerging role for immunotherapies as an essential component of multiple myeloma therapy is examined in a review article in Leukemia by Cyrille...
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Guideline endorses doublet therapy after pancreatic cancer surgery in chemo-naive patients
ASCO has updated a pancreatic cancer guideline based on results of the ESPAC-4 study.
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CLL boost in PFS came at high cost in side effects
Add-on idelalisib boosted the progression-free survival of patients with relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, but at a price.
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Thrombotic microangiopathy may signal IV drug abuse
Thrombotic microangiopathy may be triggered by IV drug abuse of extended-release oxymorphone hydrochloride tablets.
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VIDEO: First multicenter trial of CAR T cells shows response in DLBCL
SAN DIEGO - Aggressive, refractory non-Hodgkin lymphomas responded to anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells in ZUMA-1, the first...
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VIDEO: SPIN tests hydroxyurea to prevent pediatric stroke in sickle cell disease
SAN DIEGO - Whether hydroxyurea can avert a first stroke in children with sickle cell disease is a question that may be answered by a soon-to-be-...
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VIDEO: Venetoclax shows early good results in multiple myeloma
SAN DIEGO – Venetoclax has shown preliminary good results as an investigational monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma...
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VIDEO: Artificial blood cells clear first phase of animal testing
SAN DIEGO - An artificial red blood cell has come close to emulating the key functions of natural cells.
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Autism starts in utero, brain tissue study indicates
Major finding: Cellular markers for several layers of the cortex were absent from brain tissue in 91% of the children with autism and in 9% of...
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Callous-unemotional traits may reflect risk in child with conduct disorder
Major finding: In youth with conduct disorders, right amygdala activity was positively associated with externalizing behavior (x = 26, y = -4, z...