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New Combo Drug Therapy Halves Death Risk From Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 16, 2024
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Jenna Cottrell is a young sports reporter working for a TV station in the Rochester, N.Y., area.
She's also a survivor of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, who first got diagnosed at the age of 25 back in 2017.
After 12 rounds of the then standard-of-care treatment chemo...
Outpatient CAR-T Cancer Therapy Can Be Safe, Effective
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 1, 2024
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Patients with a fast-spreading blood cancer respond well to outpatient treatment with CAR-T therapy, the largest study examining its use in a community setting has found.
CAR-T is shorthand for chimeric antigen receptor therapy. In this treatment, doctors remove t...
Black, White Cancer Patients Now Benefit Equally From Cord Blood Therapy
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 1, 2024
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Blood cancer patients of all races who receive cord blood transplants are now living longer.
The finding, reported by a team led by oncologist Dr. Karen Ballen, of UVA (University of Virginia) Health...
Blood Cancers: What You Need to Know
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- September 28, 2024
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Blood cancer is not a diagnosis anyone wants to receive, but understanding the different types of this disease and how best to catch them early is essential, one expert says.
First, blood cancers are far more common than you might think: One person in the United States i...
New Hope for People With Aggressive Form of Lymphoma
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- June 21, 2024
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An experimental cancer treatment regimen is achieving full remissions in some patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma, researchers report.
The five-drug combination does not include chemotherapy. Rather, it simultaneously zeroes in on several molecular pathways th...
Could Tattoos Be Linked to Blood Cancer Risk?
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 29, 2024
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Research suggests that tattoo ink spurs inflammatory changes that might contribute to the development of lymphoma.
The findings are early, however, and more study must be done to confirm any links between tattooing and the blood cancer, Swedish researchers stressed.
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Strategy Could Expand Stem Cell Donor Pool for People Battling Blood Cancers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 28, 2024
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An older drug used in a new way could open the path for more patients with potentially deadly blood cancers to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant, a new study finds.
The drug, cyclophosphamide, could help patients receive a stem cell transplant even if the donor i...
New Drug Could Be Big Advance Against Rare Blood Cancer
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 26, 2024
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Polycythemia vera is a rare form of blood cancer with few good treatment options, but that may soon change based on the results of a new clinical trial.
An injected experimental drug called rusfertide appears effective in reducing the excess production of red blood cells...
Major Study Confirms CT Scans' Link to Blood Cancer Risk in Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 10, 2023
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CT scans are significantly linked to an increased risk of blood cancers in young people, a major multinational study has found.
Analysis of data from nearly 1 million people under 22 who underwent at least one CT scan found a strong and clear link between exposure to the...
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Odds for Blood Cancers
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 25, 2023
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Weight-loss surgery can deliver a host of health benefits, but new research reveals an unexpected one: Getting the surgery was associated with a 40% lower risk of blood cancers.
Being overweight or obese is a risk factor for several types of cancer, and women with obesit...
Fracking Tied to Lymphomas, Asthma in New Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 16, 2023
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Research into a possible link between childhood health problems and natural gas wells in western Pennsylvania is wrapping up with some answers.
Children who lived near these wells were more likely to develop rare lymphoma, the research found.
In addition, residents...
Can Some Cancer Patients Safely Skip Radiation Therapy? New Studies Say Yes
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 6, 2023
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Radiation therapy might not be necessary in treating some forms of rectal cancer and lymphoma, sparing patients from the toxic treatment, a pair of new clinical trials shows.
One trial found that rectal cancer patients whose tumors shrink in response to chemotherapy can ...
Opdivo Could Boost Outcomes for People Battling Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 6, 2023
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The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard care is, new clinical trial results show.
Nivolumab outperformed the drug brent...
What to Do When Tough-to-Treat Lymphoma Strikes During Pregnancy
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 2, 2023
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Not a lot is known about how physicians should handle cases in which a pregnant woman is diagnosed with relapsed/refractory lymphoma.
A new study may provide some perspective.
Though uncommon, this issue is still experienced by about one...
Breakthrough CAR-T Cancer Treatments Are Boosting Patients' Quality of Life
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- April 5, 2023
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A therapy that bolsters the immune system may not only help certain cancer patients live longer, but better, a new study finds.
The treatment, called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is used to fight certain types of blood cancer -- including leukemia and ...
Jane Fonda Says Her Lymphoma Is in Remission
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 16, 2022
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Actress and two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda announced Thursday that her non-Hodgkin lymphoma is in remission.
Fonda, 84, said in a blog post that she can quit chemotherap...
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 12, 2022
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If someone is stricken with a blood cancer or life-threatening clot, they'll probably fare better if they are white and wealthy, three new studies show.
The ongoing impact of patient race and income to medical outcomes was in the spotlight Saturday in New Orleans at...
She Thought Cancer Had Won -- Until This Experimental Therapy
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 11, 2022
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The breast cancer of author and poet Stephanie Gangi has receded and advanced in wearying waves for two decades now.
First diagnosed and treated in 1999, Gangi's cancer spread to the bone of her sternum in 2014. In 2021, a tumor the size of an orange appeared on her adre...
FDA Warns of Rare Cases of Certain Cancers Linked to Breast Implants
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 9, 2022
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned doctors and their patients about rare cases of squamous cell carcinoma and various
Jane Fonda Has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 6, 2022
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Actress Jane Fonda has announced she has non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Fonda, 84, said she has started chemotherapy to fight the highly treatable cancer, calling herself very lucky because 80% of pat...
For Blood Cancer Patients, COVID Boosters Can Bring Some Immunity
- By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2022
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In a promising development, new research has discovered that most adults with blood cancers develop at least some immunity to COVID-19 after getting booster shots.
"Our findings bui...
Ten Years After Gene Therapy for Leukemia, Doctors Say Patients Cured
- Robin Foster and Robert Preidt
- February 2, 2022
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More than 10 years after Doug Olsen underwent an experimental gene therapy that turned his T-cells into cancer killers, his leukemia
Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- January 4, 2022
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Many insured cancer patients still experience serious money problems linked to their illness, new research affirms.
For example, nearly 3 out of 4 insured patients with colon cancer have major financial hardship in the year after their diagnosis, which affects their soci...
Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 27, 2021
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Anti-vaxxers felt their suspicions confirmed when former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died from COVID-19 complications in mid-October despite being fully vaccinated.
But Powell, 84, was being treated for blood cancer at the time of his death, and a new study repo...
Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor
- Robert Preidt
- October 13, 2021
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Private insurers paid out about $156.2 billion in 2018 for U.S. patients with the 15 most common cancers.
Medication was the largest expense and drugs for breast, lung, lymphoma and colon cancers accounted for the largest chunk of those costs, according to a Penn State C...
Jeff Bridges Says Cancer Is in Remission, But COVID Fight Was Tougher
- Cara Murez
- September 15, 2021
- Full Page
Jeff Bridges has had a rough year.
Almost a year ago, the actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. Then in January, he was exposed to the COVID-19 virus while receiving chemotherapy.
"Covid kicked my (expletive) pretty good," Bridges wrote in a blog post on his website, ...
Blood Cancer Patients Could Benefit From COVID Booster Shot: Study
- Steven Reinberg
- September 15, 2021
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Patients with B-cell blood cancers who did not make antibodies to COVID-19 after two shots of vaccine may find that a third shot does the trick, new research finds.
More than half the patients who had failed to respond to the first two shots had a positive response to th...