Scientists have developed a way to turn the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting agents—without removing them from the body—by using red blood cells to deliver genetic instructions. Current ...
A rare cancer-related blood destruction syndrome led clinicians to a hidden, metastatic gastric signet-ring-cell carcinoma in a 57-year-old woman, highlighting a critical diagnostic pathway.
T cells are not the only attackersWhen people hear about immunotherapy for blood cancers, many may think of CAR-T cell ...
Researchers used CRISPR to remove CD33 from donor stem cells, potentially giving doctors a way to attack aggressive blood ...
A multicenter study of 1,546 advanced cancer patients in Beijing found that 65.1 percent developed anemia during third-line ...
I f your doctor has recommended chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy for large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), you’ve likely already tried several standard treatments, and the cancer did not ...
Blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma can have symptoms that overlap with common health problems. Learn about ...
CAR T-cell therapy, which transforms patients’ own immune cells into cancer-fighting warriors, has revolutionized how physicians treat cancer, especially blood cancers. “These patients can be cured ...
A blood test that still looks “normal” may contain useful clues about cancer when doctors compare it with earlier results. A ...
Blood cancers like leukemia hinder the production of red blood cells, causing anemia. Kidney cancer can affect hormone and red blood cell production. Colon cancer can cause slow bleeding, leading to ...
For some of the most aggressive blood cancers, a stem cell transplant may be the only treatment with the potential to cure the disease. Even so ...