Lymphoma

Cognitive dysfunction among geriatric patients with blood cancers – such as multiple myeloma, leukemia and lymphoma – is not only prevalent, but may also impact long-term survival.

Is it possible to grieve for someone who is still alive?

Many patients with lymphoma need treatment with both chemotherapy and radiation, but these treatments may be accompanied by significant late-term effects, according to a new study presented during the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Survivorship Symposium.

Treatment of HIV has drastically improved since the 1980s, but many of these individuals are still facing barriers to proper cancer care.

Experts examine the use of Adcetris for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Physical therapy can boost quality of life for patients with cancer, but it isn’t always prescribed.

Hodgkin lymphoma survivors may be more likely to develop subsequent estrogen receptor (ER)-negative or -positive breast cancer compared to the general population.

When her sister had hit another roadblock in her treatment, Kim found something else – a remarkable young man who changed her perception of caregiving.

While adolescent and young adult survivors of cancer face an increased risk of long-term complications, many people in this group end up "lost to follow-up," according to recent research.

While causes for pneumonia were varied – including bacteria (14 percent), virus (22 percent) and unspecified (64 percent) – the majority of children did not have immune deficiencies recorded at the time of their pneumonia diagnosis.

Health care practitioners were surprised when they saw 10 cases of a very rare cancer in the New York City area. As it turned out, most of the patients weren't originally from New York.

No matter how expensive treatment was, we didn’t want to put a price tag on my sister’s life.

A sick stomach, to high-fever, chest pains and heart infection is just a learning experience for some doctors.

Radhakrishnan Ramchandren, M.D., from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, discusses the role of clinical trials in developing news drugs and standards of care for patients with lymphoma.

Knowing that my sister gained remission gives me an immense bias, but ask the question, “Good or bad?” now and my answer may just be, “hard to tell.”

The Food and Drug Administration granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application for Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) to be used to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who either relapse or are not eligible for an autologous stem cell transplant.

Kevin explains the delights of being both a cancer patient and an adult.

The researchers noted that physical activity plays an important role in lymphoma survivorship, and the data may provide rationale for a clinical trial to evaluate exercise intervention in this patient population.

NextSource Pharma, a small pharmaceutical company based in Florida, acquired the drug lomustine from Bristol-Myers Squibb, changed its brand name to Gleostine, and changed the price – by about 1,400 percent.

Patients with blood cancers are at an increased risk for multiple hospital readmissions. However, multidisciplinary teams and patients can work together to identify predictors and avoid these occurrences.

Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) was granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used in combination with Adriamycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (AVD) to treat patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma in the frontline setting, according to Seattle Genetics, the company developing the drug.

A young cancer survivor shares insight on what it was like being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and how she deals in day-to-day life.

Of every complication caused from cancer and its treatments, nausea has been the worst for my sister. It has caused pain, discomfort and was the number one reason she returned to the emergency room. No matter what medications were dosed, whether it was orally or by IV, or how much they gave to her, so often, nothing ever seemed to work.

Patients with blood cancers typically value time spent at home in their end-of-life care, however, health care systemts do not always prioritize this in their own quality measures.

Patients aged 75 years or older diagnosed with hematologic malignancies appear significantly underrepresented in clinical trials submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a retrospective analysis.

From diagnosis to remission, my sister had cancer for nearly three years. Because of that, the cancer dates that mark my calendar are plentiful. I can recall most of them from memory without a second glance. While I was recently going through my old planners, I noticed just how many dates are filled with notations of cancer.

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) to be used to treat adult and pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL).

Treatment decisions are not always easy, but this is one I don't regret making.

Cancer treatment isn't what it used to be, and it is important that patients and their loved ones understand that.