ASH 2017 Highlights
Professor Anas Younes (MSKCC, New York), Professor John Radford (Manchester) and Dr Graham Collins (Oxford). Interviews by Esther Drain. Once again ASH provided much food for thought and… read more.
Professor Anas Younes (MSKCC, New York), Professor John Radford (Manchester) and Dr Graham Collins (Oxford). Interviews by Esther Drain. Once again ASH provided much food for thought and… read more.
Author: Gary Finnegan A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages… read more.
Men who have received initial treatment for prostate cancer with abiraterone added to hormone therapy achieved a survival rate 37 per cent higher than those not treated with… read more.
By Maria Dalby (article) and Esther Drain (interviews) Even in an era of rapid progress in terms of new agents and treatment approaches, stem cell transplantation (SCT) continues… read more.
By Maria Dalby (article) and Esther Drain (interviews) Not only is the treatment ‘landscape’ in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) changing rapidly both in the first-line and relapsed/refractory setting, but… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester Diet supplementation with vitamin D3 and calcium does not appear to significantly lower risk of cancer in healthy postmenopausal women, researchers reported on March 28,… read more.
High-risk multiple myeloma (MM) continues to pose a challenge to haematologists both in terms of diagnostics and therapy. Opening the UK Myeloma Forum at the 2017 BSH annual… read more.
An interesting session at ECCO dealt with the patients for whom there is sparce data to guide their treatment – experts in the field gave their guidance to… read more.
Scientists in Sweden are studying whether web-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is ineffective in some people, potentially making patients worse. The psychologist behind the research say that while… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: A clear trend towards lighter drinking among young people is responsible for reversing years of rising alcohol intake, according to new research. Experts hope this… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: After years of increases, the rates of children who are overweight or obese are declining in Canada, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Eight new medicines have been approved by the European Medicines Agency at its summer meeting. The influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human use (CHMP)… read more.
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