Myeloproliferative Neoplasms News

Exposure to indoor insecticides may increase the risk for childhood hematologic malignancies, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Cancer survivorship care has always been and continues to be an extension of good cancer care.

Photodynamic therapy is a targeted cancer therapy that administers a nontoxic drug that settles in tumor cells and is followed by the application of laser light to the tumor.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is a type of cancer treatment that utilizes a patient’s own immune cells to treat their cancer.

Monoclonal antibodies are molecules that are produced by researchers in a lab that target and attack specific antigens, such as those on cancer cells.

Ropeginterferon alfa-2b — a next generation, mono-pegylated interferon alfa-2b isoform — administered once every 2 weeks demonstrated safety and efficacy in patients with polycythemia vera, according to the results of a dose escalation study.

The early discharge of patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome following intensive chemotherapy can reduce costs and the use of IV antibiotics, according to results of a nonrandomized, phase 2 study.

Elevated levels of tyrosine kinases are observed in certain types of cancer cells.

I was recently reminded that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The aging global population is expected to fuel a 50% increase in cancer incidence worldwide by 2030, according to the American Cancer Society.