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January 24th 2025
From the deaths of John Sykes and former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards to an update from Mike Peters, here’s this week’s cancer news.
FDA Approves Orencia for GVHD Prevention After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
December 15th 2021The Food and Drug Administration approved Orencia, which is commonly used to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, to prevent acute graft-versus-host-disease in adults and children who underwent a hematopoietic stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.
FDA Approval of Jakafi for Chronic GVHD Provides Another Option, But ‘More Work Needs to Be Done’
September 29th 2021While the recent FDA approval of Jakafi offers another effective option for patients with chronic GVHD, one expert urges that more work needs to be done to prevent and/or reverse the condition.
Chronic GVHD Treatment Improves, But Is Still Far From Perfect
September 20th 2021Patients with blood cancer who underwent stem cell transplant and developed chronic graft-versus-host disease have more treatment options than ever before. But the formula for planning older and newer therapies has not yet been established.