Aggressive Lymphomas
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Intervention relieves distress in cancer patients
Results of a small study suggest a single dose of the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, when combined with counseling, can significantly lessen...
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Drugs may be effective against hematologic, other cancers
Image courtesy of PNAS A diabetes medication and an antihypertensive drug may prove effective in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and...
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Salvage regimens appear comparable in DLBCL
Photo courtesy of GSK Salvage treatment with an ofatumumab-based regimen is no better than a rituximab-based regimen for patients with relapsed/...
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Worse outcomes for double-hit lymphomas after ASCT
Patients with double-hit lymphomas and double-expressor lymphomas have inferior outcomes after undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation,...
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Hepatitis infection raises non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk in HIV patients
HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy who also have chronic coinfection with hepatitis B or C virus have an increased risk of...
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R-CHOP and intensive R-HDS comparable in DLBCL
Overall response rate and long-term outcomes were comparable whether patients received rituximab combined with high-dose sequential chemotherapy (...
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Is stem-cell transplant curative for HIV infection?
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – It doesn’t appear to be necessary to use donor stem cells that are homozygous for the CCR5 delta32 mutation to achieve...
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Treatment may allow HSCT without radiation, chemotherapy
Key clinical point: A new treatment allowed hematopoietic stem cell engraftment in immunocompetent mice without the need for toxic preconditioning...
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Pretransplantation mogamulizumab for ATLL raises risk of GVHD
Key clinical point: The use of mogamulizumab before allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in aggressive adult T-cell leukemia/...
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Metabolic tumor volume predicts outcome in follicular lymphoma
Key clinical point: At diagnosis, the total metabolic tumor volume of follicular lymphoma predicts treatment response and patient outcome. Major...
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Cancer trends shifting in HIV-positive patients
Key clinical point: HIV-infected persons in North America have roughly a 1 in 25 cumulative lifetime risk of developing lung cancer, Kaposi’s...