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Statins Do Not Interfere With Rituximab Treatment For Lymphomas, Mayo Clinic Study Suggests
December 8, 2008 Statins, drugs widely prescribed to lower cholesterol, do not interfere with a commonly used medication to treat lymphomas, according to a new ... > full story -
Dismissed Leukemia Drug Helps Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients, Studies Show
December 8, 2008 A drug once dismissed as ineffective in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia has shown promising results in two phase I and II clinical trials, according to new ... > full story -
Novel Treatments Show Improvements In Survival And Response Rates For Leukemia And Lymphoma
December 6, 2008 The use of dexamethasone early in the treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, may help reduce the risk of relapse according to study results ... > full story -
Over-Stressing Already Taxed Cancer Cells May Kill Them
November 10, 2008 Cancer cells are already stressed by the fast pace they require to grow and spread and scientists believe a little more stress just may kill ... > full story -
Novel Leukemia Vaccine For High-Risk Patients In Clinical Trials
November 3, 2008 Researchers are conducting clinical trials of a novel therapy aimed at revving up the immune system to combat a particularly difficult to treat form of ... > full story -
Liver Transplant Recipients Have Higher Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
November 3, 2008 A new Canadian study comparing cancer rates of liver transplant patients to those of the general population has found that transplant recipients face increased risks of developing cancer, especially ... > full story -
Hodgkin Lymphoma: New Characteristics Discovered; Cytokines Help Tumor Cells Evade Immune System
October 8, 2008 Researchers are still discovering new characteristics of Hodgkin lymphoma, a common form of cancer of the lymphatic system. Researchers in Germany have now demonstrated the production of interleukin ... > full story -
Liver Transplant Recipients Almost Three Times More Likely To Develop Cancer
October 2, 2008 Cancer incidence is higher among liver transplant recipients in Finland compared to the general population, according to a new ... > full story -
Novel Clinical Study For Lymphoma Patients Beginning
September 2, 2008 The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center recently opened a National Cancer Institute-sponsored, phase II clinical study for certain sub-types of non-Hodgkin's ... > full story -
Rheb's Role In Cancer
August 14, 2008 Two independent papers identify the Rheb GTPase as a novel oncogene and a promising new chemotherapeutic ... > full story
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