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Comparing Chemotherapy with Radioummunotherapy
For decades chemotherapy has been the primary cancer treatment. In this entry I'll take a cursory look at both chemo and one ...
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Submitted on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 23:22. Comments - 1 -
What's in a (drug) name?
The names of the immunotherapy monoclonal antibodies seem like examples of outright butchery of the English language: rituxim...
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Submitted on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 13:06. Comments - 0 -
Steelers Aaron Smith's Son has Leukemia
Smith's son, Elijah, who turned 5 Dec. 6, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia -- a cancer of the white blood cell...
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Submitted on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 11:46. Comments - 0 -
Drugs to treat Inflammatory bowel diseases raise lymphoma risk
A study published online in The Lancet suggests that patients who took certain drugs in an effort to keep inflammatory bowel ...
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Submitted on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 00:00. Comments - 0 -
Agent Orange benefits extended to vets with B-cell cancers
Working in conjunction with the Institute of Medicine, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki a...
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Submitted on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 20:51. Comments - 0 -
A Closer Look at the Zevalin Therapeutic Regimen
by Ross Bonander
In 2002, the FDA approved Zevalin (ibritumomab tiuxetan) as a treatment for patients with relapsed or refra...
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Submitted on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 14:40. Comments - 0 -
Researchers discover genes that suppress lymphoma in mice
RNA is making a comeback. For years researchers all-but-ignored RNA, assuming much of it was junk or served such simple purpo...
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Submitted on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 21:27. Comments - 0 -
Kid’s Medication for Psoriasis, Arthritis Linked to Cancer
The FDA warns that TNF blockers -- the immune-disease drugs Remicade, Enbrel, Humira, Cimzia, and Simponi -- may cause lympho...
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Submitted on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 17:53. Comments - 0 -
Lymphoma treatment quality varies widely
We might know that certain hospitals, doctors, clinics, have tremendous reputations for treating lymphoma. We might assume t...
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Submitted on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 12:37. Comments - 0 -
Back to School Shopping with a Cause
I get tired of the same seven colors of folders and notebooks. By the time I have bought all three of my girls back to schoo...
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Submitted on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 07:54. Comments - 0

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