Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
Brian G. M. Durie, MD, chairman of the board of the International Myeloma Foundation, discusses whether patients with borderline high-risk smoldering myeloma should begin treatment early. Some treatments…
At the first virtual Immunotherapy Patient Summit, Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, thoracic oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the latest immunotherapy options for patients with lung cancer. Immunotherapy…
Scott J. Leischow, PhD, professor and director of the Clinical and Translational Science department at Arizona State University, discusses the current landscape of smoking cessation treatment and the…
In a sequencing study of 82 patients with smoldering multiple myeloma, there were fewer NRAS and FAM46C mutations and with fewer adverse translocations – del(1p), del(14q), del(16q), and…
In this review published in Nutrients, the authors discuss the importance of magnesium for the immune system and in the setting of infectious diseases. Reduced magnesium intake has…
In a study of 16,331 patients in the California Cancer Registry, 5.7% developed a second primary malignancy more than 1 year after diagnosis. The 10-year cumulative incidence of…
Jolan Walter, MD, PhD, division chief of the University of South Florida (USF) and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Allergy & Immunology Programs, discusses the importance of long-term…
The Covid-19 Early Treatment Fund was launched to provide funding for research in order to "find an existing drug or drug combination that, when given early, reduces hospitalization…
Amir Kalali, MD, Co-Convener of the Decentralized Trials & Research Association (DTRA), shares details about the organization and how clinicians and scientists can get involved and help “accelerate…
In this HemaSphere review, researchers share details about recent progress related to gene therapy technologies and procedures for primary immunodeficiency. Transduction of hematopoietic stem cells using lentiviral vectors…
