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Listeria Risk Soars With Daratumumab for Multiple Myeloma
Patients with multiple myeloma receiving daratumumab-based therapy are at highly increased risk of infection by Listeria monocytogenes, according to researchers in...
2 hours ago - Medscape
New Computer Model Helps Detect Cancerous Blood Cells
Scientists have developed a new computer model that is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant multiple myeloma cells.
15 days ago - Medindia Health
Isatuximab Combo Ups PFS in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma
]]> - The addition of the anti-CD38 antibody isatuximab to standard of care resulted in a 5-month improvement in progression-free survival for patients with relapsed and...
15 days ago - MedPageToday
New device separates malignant plasma cells from normal ones
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in the bone marrow.
16 days ago - News Medical
New microfluidics device detects malignant multiple myeloma cells in blood
Scientists have developed a microfluidics device that could be used for the detection or monitoring of multiple myeloma.
16 days ago - News Medical
Gene Editing Tool Fights Cancer in Early Study
So far, CRISPR has only been tried in three patients, two with multiple myeloma and one with a sarcoma. All had tried standard treatments, to no avail.
28 days ago - Web MD
FDA acts on CAR T-cell therapy, other top stories in hematology/oncology
The FDA recently granted its regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation to a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or...
28 days ago - Healio
Researchers discover new process of antitumor response of NK cells in myeloma
NK cells mean Natural Killer cells. They are part of the innate immune system. They are known primarily for their ability to recognize and kill tumor cells, cells infected by...
1 month ago - News Medical
Prophylaxis in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma Reduces Complications
Studies on the benefit of supportive care options in myeloma are scarce, but now a study suggests that anti-infectious prophylaxis can reduce the risk of febrile episodes and...
1 month ago - Medscape
Pattern of Hospital Visits may Offer a Clue to Spot People at Risk of Myeloma
Condition that can progress to myeloma could be recognized in patients by their unusually frequent hospital visits, according to a new study.
1 month ago - Medindia Health - 5 articles
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