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Researchers Focus on How to Invigorate ‘Exhausted’ T-Cells in Immunotherapy
Despite the sometimes-dramatic success of new cancer immunotherapies like checkpoint inhibitor drugs and CAR T cells, thus far only a minority of patients have responded or gained long-lasting benefits.
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In Landmark Study, an Arthritis Drug Appears to Prevent Deadly Acute Graft-versus-host Disease after Bone Marrow Transplant
An immune-suppressing drug normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could make bone marrow transplant safer, report researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. In a Phase 2 multi-center trial, the drug abatacept (ORENCIA®) reduced rates of severe, acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and boosted rates of survival without acute GVHD or relapse in patients with leukemia and other blood cancers.
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First FDA Approval of CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Marks Milestone for Patients
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its first approval of a CAR T-cell therapy for adults with multiple myeloma, bringing welcome hope for patients eligible for the treatment, according to researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Next Questions: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Jennifer Brown, MD, PhD, shares about multiple treatments and drug therapies and how long patients can remain on them while determining the best outcomes.
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Dana-Farber to Offer First CAR T-Cell Therapy for Indolent Follicular Lymphoma Following FDA Approval
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first CAR T-cell therapy for indolent follicular lymphoma, a slow growing, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), represents a key advance for patients with relapsed or refractory forms of the disease. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) will be a certified treatment center for the therapy.
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Break Through Cancer Launches Collaborative Model Across Top U.S. Research Institutions in Pursuit of Cancer Cures
Break Through Cancer today announced its formal launch as a public foundation designed to find new solutions to the most intractable challenges in cancer.
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CAR T-Cell Therapy Generates Lasting Remissions in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
In a major advance in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a CAR T-cell therapy has generated deep, sustained remissions in patients who had relapsed from several previous therapies, an international clinical trial has found.
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Targeted Therapy for Children with Leukemia Can Provide Substantial Benefit, Study Finds
Testing tumor tissue for genetic alterations that can be targeted by drugs, a mainstay of treatment in a variety of cancers, can benefit many children with leukemia, investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report in a new study. In some cases, such therapy can be lifesaving.