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CAR T cells home in on HER2 in advanced sarcomas
ATLANTA – A teenage girl with advanced osteosarcoma has had a durable complete remission after receiving CAR T cells targeted to HER2.
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Novel chemo/PARP inhibitor strategy promising for advanced pancreatic cancer
ATLANTA – Investigators are treating patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and homologous recombination deficiencies with a novel strategy of...
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UNITY-NHL: Interim findings show activity, tolerability of umbralisib for R/R MZL
ATLANTA – The phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta inhibitor is active as a single-agent therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone...
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Genetic variant increases stroke risk in childhood cancer survivors
ATLANTA - Dr. Yadav Sapkota of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital discusses the identification of a genetic variant that is strongly associated...
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CAR T cells target HER2 expression in advanced sarcomas
ATLANTA – Although HER2 expression in osteosarcoma and rhabomyosarcoma is too low for HER2-targeted therapies such...
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FDA panel calls for changes to breast implant rupture screening
The advisory panel seemed the current implant screening recommendation using MRI “useless.” They urged the adoption of ultrasound as a more...
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Proinflammatory microbiome tied to colorectal adenoma
MIAMI – The fecal presence of at least two genotoxic or proinflammatory bacterial genes conferred nearly 200% greater odds of colorectal adenoma (...
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FDA panel leans toward more robust breast implant surveillance
SILVER SPRING, MD. – Amid concern over two breast implant complications – anaplastic large cell lymphoma and autoimmune symptoms – an FDA panel...
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Brachytherapy access may mediate poor cervical cancer survival in blacks
“This is the first study, to our knowledge, to show such an interaction between race and survival being mediated by one particular treatment...
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Perceived cancer risk may improve access to HPV vaccine
HONOLULU – The perceived risk of HPV-related cancer appears to overcome variables that typically impede access to...
