Myeloproliferative Neoplasms News

Yoga therapy is an integrative medicine technique that supplements the traditional treatment regimens patients with cancer undergo.

NEW ORLEANS — Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, deputy director of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and executive director of the institute’s Center for Immunotherapy, spoke to HemOnc Today at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting about advances in the use of immunotherapy for cancer treatment.

The cost of oral cancer drugs in their first year on the market has increased significantly since the year 2000, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

Patients diagnosed with cancer faced an increased risk for common mental disorders — such as depression, anxiety and stress reaction/adjustment disorder — for up to 10 years, according to the results of a matched cohort study conducted in Sweden.

A redesign of the cancer research enterprise is necessary to accelerate advances and achieve 10 years’ worth of progress in 5 years, Vice President Joe Biden said today during the plenary session of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Filip Janku, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, spoke to HemOnc Today about the clinical utility of liquid biopsies.

NEW ORLEANS The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize several clinicians and researchers during its annual meeting.

Pharmaceutical companies have employed several strategies — including reverse payment, patent settlements and “product hopping” — to prevent affordable generic cancer drugs from entering the market, according to a forum article published in Blood.

NEW ORLEANS — The HemOnc Today and Healio.com/HemOnc team will present comprehensive live coverage from the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

A California billionaire pledged $250 million to create a new venture designed to accelerate advances in cancer treatment.