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New Maintenance Therapy Benefits Patients With Multiple Myeloma

May 14, 2012
Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer where the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anemia, infection and kidney failure. A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell transplant, ...

Study shows benefit of new maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma

May 11, 2012
Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer where the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anemia, infection and kidney failure. A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell ...

Study shows benefit of new maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma

May 11, 2012
(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer where the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anemia, infection and kidney failure. Unfortunately, multiple myeloma continues to progress even after ...

Mutant Kras drives pancreatic cancer maintenance via metabolic pathways

April 26, 2012
HOUSTON - A genetic mutation that drives the initiation of pancreatic cancer also manipulates metabolic pathways to support tumor growth and progression, scientists report in the journal Cell . This newly discovered role for the Kras oncogene opens up a new category of potential targets for ...

Scientists win $2 million to study new pathway in development and maintenance of lymphoma

March 30, 2012
JUPITER, FL, March 30, 2012 The National Institutes of Health has awarded The Scripps Research Institute $2 million to study the role of a pathway in the development and maintenance of B-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins in immune system and turns normal disease fighting cells into ...

Scientists win $2 million to study new pathway in development and maintenance of lymphoma

March 30, 2012
(Scripps Research Institute) The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Scripps Research Institute $2 million to study the role of a pathway in the development and maintenance of B-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins in immune system and turns normal disease fighting cells into cancers.

Genes may predict maintenance of intelligence over lifetime: Study

January 22, 2012
A Scottish study that began 80 years ago has shown that genes may play a role in maintaining intelligence till old age. The study participants joined when they were 11 years old. Researchers have long been interested in understanding how cognition changes with age, and why these changes are more ...

Weight Maintenance In Restaurants

January 11, 2012
According to an investigation by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, even though eating out often and consuming large portions of food in restaurants can contribute to excess calorie intake and weight gain, individuals can still lose weight while eating out. The study is published in the January/February ...

Study favors as-needed treatment over maintenance therapy for patients with follicular lymphoma

December 12, 2011
(SAN DIEGO, December 11, 2011) Asymptomatic patients diagnosed with nonbulky follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, have traditionally been watched for signs or symptoms of disease progression and then treated with a combination of rituximab and chemotherapy or rituximab alone for select cases. Recent trials have suggested ...

Study favors as-needed treatment over maintenance therapy for patients with follicular lymphoma

December 11, 2011
(American Society of Hematology) Asymptomatic patients diagnosed with non-bulky follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, have traditionally been watched for signs or symptoms of disease progression and then treated with a combination of rituximab and chemotherapy or rituximab alone for select cases. Recent trials have suggested a role ...

EC approves Lilly’s ALIMTA as continuation maintenance therapy for NSCLC

October 29, 2011
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the European Commission has granted approval for the use of ALIMTA (pemetrexed for injection) as a single agent for continuation maintenance therapy in patients with a particular type of lung cancer, called advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer

Proper daily care and maintenance of central lines might reduce infection rate in PICUs

October 24, 2011
By following a few basic rules for handling central venous catheters, nurses and doctors at a group of children's hospitals have, in three years, prevented nearly a thousand infections and saved more than a hundred children's lives and millions of dollars, according to a study by investigators at Johns Hopkins ...