Smoking may change type of lymphoma into more lethal form of cancer
... of a cancer of the lymph glands called follicular lymphoma -- first causing it to develop and then transformi...western University. More than 50,000 new cases of lymphoma were reported in 2001 -- a significant increase over the past 20 years even when HIV-related lymphom...OSU cancer researchers win $9.5 to study immunity
...s in several clinical trials involving leukemia or lymphoma patients at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Scientists hypothesize that some of the new, targeted therapies for cancer can be even more potent in the presence of agents called cytokines hormone-like su...Fred Hutchinson Research Center awarded $7 million grant
...ationally recognized for his work in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a pioneer of antibody therapy and radioimmunot...research to find the causes and cures of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Since it began, the program has awarded nearly $52 million to seven centers around the...California teachers at higher risk for breast, endometrial and other cancers
...cent greater risk of lymphoma-mostly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 28 percent greater risk of leukemia-mostly chroni... risk factors behind the higher rates of melanoma, lymphoma and leukemia as well. "We expect to see many more initiatives coming out of this study," Bernstein s...Macrophages from human lymphoma patients cause mouse lymphoma in mice, UCSF study finds
...eria and tumor cells--when taken from HIV-infected lymphoma patients and injected into mice, induced aggressiv...d mice with tumor cells--some with macrophages and lymphoma cells together, some with macrophages separately, and some with lymphoma cells separately--from HIV-...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for lymphoma cancer research from NCI
...rants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for lymphoma research. This is the first time the NCI has awarded a lymphoma SPORE grant. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, holds another...Cause for massively enlarged spleens in tropical countries
...f lymphocytes. The authors comment "Our finding of lymphoma as a common cause of massive tropical splenomegaly has major implications for the diagnosis and management of this disorder, particularly when resources are limited"....Kytril more effective in controlling chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
...rapy while undergoing intravenous chemotherapy for lymphoma or malignancies of the lung, larynx or uterus.1 Kytril provided significantly greater control of acute chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) than dolasetron. More patients treated with Kytril experienced total control of nausea and vomitin...Gene expression profiles predict survival of lymphoma patients after chemotherpy
...predict whether patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are likely to be cured by chemotherapy, sc...cine*. Researchers analyzed thousands of genes in lymphoma biopsy samples from patients with DLBCL and determined that the activity of as few as 17 genes could...Protein essential for switching on T-cell response
...icate faster than normal, such as certain types of lymphoma and leukemia, are caused by mutations that result in an unbalanced cell signaling response....New approach to post-transplant lymphoma shows promise
...to treating PTLD included chemotherapy to kill the lymphoma cells, the use of antiviral agents to disable the EBV, or monoclonal antibody therapy designed to impact changes in the bloods B cells. Each therapy has its drawbacks, with optimal therapy remaining elusive. Porcu says this is the first prospective ...Jefferson scientists create first animal model of common type of leukemia
...e explains. "Cytogenetically B-cell CLL and B-cell lymphoma do not show the translocations or rearrangements of the TCL-1 gene observed in T-cell tumors." To better understand why, Dr. Croce and his co-workers created transgenic mice in which TCL-1 essentially is put into overdrive in B-cells. Surprisingly, t...New radioimmunotherapy drug proves highly effective for killing off B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma
...ber of patients with low-grade B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma who have exhausted treatment options. The study, p...evalin to hone in on and kill off the non-Hodgkins lymphoma B cells. Zevalin is the first radioimmunotherapy drug developed specifically to fight this common bu...Drug reduces risk of acute rejection in kidney transplantation
...eloped in the Simulect group. However, the rate of lymphoma is 1 percent to 2 percent in the general population, and 1 percent to 5 percent in kidney transplant patients, says Brennan, so this result was not surprising. According to Brennan, all three patients have been treated and are doing well. Based on ou...Providing a bigger view: New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
...nts with breast cancer, lung cancer, and Hodgkin's lymphoma were not able to extend their arms into treatment ... not contain the cancer. A patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma must often lift both arms for imaging of the lymph nodes. The larger bore diameter allows patients ...Transgenic mice aid research into deadly cancer
... know all the factors that contribute to Burkitt's lymphoma in people, despite having created Burkitt's mice. Scientists do know that Burkitt's lymphoma arises in the immune system, and that the groundwork for the cancer is laid when a gene called MYC (...Bexxar highly effective as first-line treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...tients with advanced-stage, low-grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) in a new study at the University of Michigan... addition, 84 percent of patients with evidence of lymphoma at the molecular level at the start of the trial achieved molecular remission for as long as three y......east (24), lung (18), colon (16), prostate (4) and lymphoma (8). Seventy-five percent of the patients had advanced cancer, stage three to stage four disease. Charge data was obtained for hospital ancillary services from automated claims files and compared. The average charge for treatment from the time a pa......o two groups, either Hodgkin's lymphoma or nonHodgkin's lymphoma. The physicians dropped the term 'nonHodgkin's lymphoma' entirely and instead have divided this group into "B-cell neoplasms" and "T-cell neoplasms," along with "Hod...