MPN

In an interview with CURE, Ruben Mesa, M.D., director, UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center, shed light on these recent updates in PV and ET, and discussed the proper therapeutic management of these diseases.

For the past four decades, there have been few advances in the treatment field of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, in the year 2017, there have been four new drugs approved by the FDA to treat the disease, with even more promising agents in the pipeline.

Cancer survivors generally work very hard to be healthy after a diagnosis. This article gives permission to enjoy life and have a balanced attitude toward healthy living.

Venclexta (venetoclax), a BCL-2 inhibitor, had promising results in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). According to an updated analysis of a clinical trial, the agent led to negative minimal residual disease (MRD) in 40 percent of patients involved.

How one cancer survivor attempts to cope with the reality of having chemo for the rest of her life.

An acute myeloid leukemia survivor shares her insight on raising 3 kids while fighting for her life.

Researchers are identifying targets to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Injured DNA can hide damaged blood cells in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

The FDA has approved Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

A novel agent is attacking a newly found target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Chemo fog, or chemo brain, is a very real phenomena that cancer survivors need to be knowledgeable about. This describes the journey of one survivor.

Bosulif (bosutinib) was granted a priority review to a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the first-line treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

End-of-life care is of particular concern for elderly patients with AML because prognosis is poor and has not changed in several decades. Median survival for patients 65 or older is roughly two months and drops to as low as one month for patients over 85 years.

CURE spoke with Rami S. Komrokji, M.D. about collaborative efforts that will lead to new advances in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

A recent study found that gender makes a difference in the survival of a patient with ET.

Eunice Wang, M.D., discusses a promising new drug for the treatment of certain patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

It's time to start paying attention to what comes after cancer treatment.

Kendra Sweet, M.D., discussed the various factors that must be taken into account when prescribing first-line therapies to patients with CML, the novel studies that are paving the way for improved outcomes in patients, and the increasing likelihood for TKI discontinuation on the horizon.

Can a drug used to treat arthritis also be a way to treat polycythemia vera (PV), and save patients with the blood cancer money?

MPN treatment and diagnostic strategies have come a long way in recent years, but still have a ways to go.

Sandra Allen-Bard, MSN, ANCC, AOCNP, of Weill Cornell Medical Center, discusses the impact myeloproliferative neoplasms can have on patients' quality of life.

In an interview with CURE, Rami Komrokji, M.D., a hematologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, discusses the advances that have been made in MDS in the past few years, as well as the MDS Clinical Research Consortium and its importance.

MDS is a rare form of cancer with its own unique characteristics. Here is one patients perspective on the experience of having MDS.