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New Guidelines for Managing Blood Cancers in Pregnancy

Macquarie University

About 12.5 pregnancies per 100,000 are affected by blood cancers, and their incidence has been rising

Photo of Kirk Staschke and Noah Sommers, a PhD student at the IU School of Medicine, at the microscope.

Researchers Find New Way to ‘Starve’ Prostate Cancer Tumors at the Cellular Level

Indiana University

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths in American men

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ASH 2024: Antibody Shows Encouraging Results for Treating High-Risk Follicular Lymphoma and Marginal Zone Lymphoma

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Two clinical trials testing loncastuximab tesirine in patients with high-risk follicular lymphoma or with rare, marginal zone lymphoma show encouraging results

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In Five Cancer Types, Prevention and Screening Have Been Major Contributors to Saving Lives

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute

NIH modeling study looked at the individual and combined impacts of cancer prevention, screening, and treatment

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A Year of Advancement: AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024

Michael Schubert, PhD

Screening successes, emerging technologies, precision treatments, and other steps forward from the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2024

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Targeted Treatment Breakthrough for Aggressive Childhood Brain Cancer

Today's Clinical Lab

New research identifies a critical genetic variation in Group 3 medulloblastomas, paving the way for improved diagnostic and treatment strategies for this challenging form of pediatric brain cancer

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Fibrosis Identified as a Prognostic Indicator in the Most Common Breast Cancer, Paving the Way for Antifibrotic Drug Treatments

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

For the first time, researchers have shown that the presence of fibrosis in HER2-negative breast tumors is associated with an adverse prognosis

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NIH Researchers Develop Machine-Learning Model to Predict How Cancer Patients Will Respond to Immunotherapy

National Institutes of Health

Algorithm analyzes five common clinical characteristics from patients plus tumor mutational burden

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Proximity to a Cancer Center Contributes to Cancer Stage at Diagnosis, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers also determine that a patient’s race and insurance status play roles in late-stage cancer diagnosis

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Genetically Engineering a Treatment for Incurable Brain Tumors

Purdue University

Researchers develop fully off-the-shelf, stem cell-derived natural killer cells against glioblastoma