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Researchers discover compound that fights leukemia and lymphoma

by University of Texas at El Paso Renato Aguilera, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, is the principal investigator on a project that identified a novel pharmaceutical compound that successfully kills leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells, potentially paving the way for new forms of therapy....

FDA is investigating whether CAR-T, a cancer therapy pioneered at Penn, can cause lymphoma
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FDA is investigating whether CAR-T, a cancer therapy pioneered at Penn, can cause lymphoma

by Sarah Gantz, The Philadelphia Inquirer Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 The University of Pennsylvania plans to continue offering CAR-T therapy, a cancer treatment pioneered at Penn, after the Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether the treatment may cause cancer in rare cases. Chimeric...

Trial demonstrates one-year progression-free survival in 94% of patients with stage 3 or 4 classic Hodgkin lymphoma
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Trial demonstrates one-year progression-free survival in 94% of patients with stage 3 or 4 classic Hodgkin lymphoma

by SWOG Cancer Research Network Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Phase 3 trial has demonstrated that patients with advanced stage (3 or 4) classic Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent initial treatment with nivolumab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, and AVD chemotherapy (N-AVD) had a significantly lower risk of their cancer getting worse than patients treated with brentuximab...

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Moffitt researchers discover pathway critical for lymphoma development

H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE TAMPA, Fla. — MYC proteins are important regulators of cancer cell growth, proliferation and metabolism through their ability to increase the expression of proteins involved in these processes. Deregulation of MYC proteins occurs in more than half of all cancers and is associated with poor patient prognosis and...

Nuclear medicine therapy cures human non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in preclinical model by Society of Nuclear Medicine
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Nuclear medicine therapy cures human non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in preclinical model by Society of Nuclear Medicine

by Society of Nuclear Medicine Bioluminescence images of untreated and treated mice with human B cell lymphoma. Optimal results occurred with 8.51 MBq of [177Lu]Lu-ofatumumab (bottom row). Ofa = ofatumumab. Credit: Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.264816 A new nuclear medicine therapy can cure human non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in an animal model, according to research published in the April issue...

Severe herpesvirus infection beats adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
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Severe herpesvirus infection beats adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

by Impact Journals LLC  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a recently published editorial in the journal Genes & Cancer, researcher Tatsuro Jo from the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital’s Department of Hematology discussed aggressive type adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). ATLL caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with dismal survival...

What are the symptoms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in females?
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What are the symptoms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in females?

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the immune system and may cause varying symptoms depending on where it starts or grows. Females and males may develop similar symptoms. The American Cancer Society (ACS) explains that lymphoma affects the body’s lymphatic system, which moves lymph fluid through the body, helping to fight infections...

CAR-T-cell shows promise in patients with lymphoma of the brain and spinal cord in early trial
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CAR-T-cell shows promise in patients with lymphoma of the brain and spinal cord in early trial

by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute An artist’s depiction of a T cell. Credit: NIAID A CAR-T-cell therapy known as axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is safe and shows encouraging signs of efficacy in a small pilot trial involving patients with lymphoma of the brain and/or spinal cord, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators report at the 64th American Society of...

Technology developed at UH could advance treatment of lymphoma
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Technology developed at UH could advance treatment of lymphoma

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IMAGE: NAVIN VARADARAJAN, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON M.D. ANDERSON PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING, STUDIED THE DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN T CELLS AND TUMOR CELLS TO DETERMINE WHICH PATIENTS ARE LIKELY TO RESPOND TO CAR T-CELL THERAPY TO TREAT LYMPHOMA. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON In the war against cancer, one of the most...

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