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Winter Is Coming: How People with Cancer Can Prevent Slips and Falls
December 23rd 2019Falls are a risk for everyone during slushy winter months, but the risk is especially high for people with cancer. Memorial Sloan Kettering physical therapist Jillian Hobson walks readers through what they can do to minimize the chance of falling.
In Early Recurrent Liver Cancer, Surgery and Radiofrequency Ablation Spark Similar Survival Benefits
December 19th 2019Radiofrequency ablation was statistically on par with surgery when it came to survival after an early recurrence of liver cancer, but surgery provided more benefit if the disease was a bit more advanced.
Precise Radiation to the Tumor Is Safe and Effective in Treating Patients with Liver Cancer
December 17th 2019Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma whose tumors couldn’t be surgically removed lived longer and experienced few side effects after stereotactic body radiotherapy, according to phase 2 study findings.
CAR-T Cell Therapies Could Change the Mantle Cell Lymphoma Landscape
December 14th 2019However, the recent addition of new chemotherapy-free options such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy could offer hope for patients with mantle cell lymphoma who develop resistance to chemotherapy-based treatment.
BTK Inhibitors Could Replace Chemotherapy in Mantle Cell Lymphoma Treatment
December 13th 2019While chemotherapy is widely used in the frontline treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), earlier use of BTK inhibitors such as Imbruvica (ibrutinib) may soon make chemotherapy obsolete for some patients, according to new data presented at the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.