Myeloproliferative Neoplasms News

An “off-the-shelf” approach using virus-directed virus-specific T cells safely and effectively treated patients with severe viral infections following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to phase 2 trial results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

ASCO and Friends of Cancer Research today released recommendations to broaden eligibility criteria for cancer clinical trials.

ASH presented $150,000 to five investigators through the society’s bridge grant program, designed to sustain promising hematologic research proposals that are not funded through NIH.

Cytogenic clonal evolution had an adverse effect on disease progression and OS in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, according to a retrospective analysis published in Cancer.

Mike Schmidt, a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer who played 17 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis in 2013.

Forty percent of adults at an urban cancer center received a diagnosis of depression, according to a study presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting.

States that enacted Medicaid expansion as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act showed a reduction in uninsured rates among patients with cancer receiving radiation, according to a study presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting.

Mike Schmidt, whose success during his 17-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies earned him induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis 4 years ago.

Mike Schmidt, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, developed a sense of invincibility during his 17-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies.

One-quarter of patients with cancer in a state with legalized marijuana reported using the substance in the prior year, according to results of a cross-sectional, anonymous survey published in Cancer.