Brielle Benyon, Assistant Managing Editor for CURE®, has been with MJH Life Sciences since 2016. She has served as an editor on both CURE and its sister publication, Oncology Nursing News. Brielle is a graduate from The College of New Jersey. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, CrossFit and wishing she had the grace and confidence of her toddler-aged daughter.
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Educated Patient® Multiple Myeloma Summit Upcoming FDA Approvals Presentation: March 12, 2022
April 8th 2022Watch Dr. Cesar Rodriguez, of the Multiple Myeloma Program at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss upcoming FDA approvals in the space, during the CURE Educated Patient Multiple Myeloma Summit.
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Can a Skin Patch Effectively Control Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea, Vomiting?
April 6th 2022An upcoming phase 2 study will explore if the transdermal (through the skin) delivery of a drug commonly used to treat nausea and vomiting will result in no nausea, no vomiting and no use of rescue medicines in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
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Patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver tend to have poor outcomes and are typically not candidates to receive liver transplants from deceased donors. However, results from a small study on transplanting livers from live-donors could "change this paradigm," an expert said.
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Universal Genetic Testing Should be Recommended for All Patients With Colon Cancer, Says Expert
March 30th 2022Performing genetic testing in every patient diagnosed with colon cancer, and not just those considered high-risk, could identify that person's risk of developing another cancer later in life.
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‘Authentically Empathic’ Late-Stage Patient Inspires Fellow Cancer Survivor
March 28th 2022When lovers of “Pinky and the Brain,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and other cartoons gathered in voice actor Rob Paulsen’s hospital room, he took particular notice of one exuberant woman with cancer who was extroverted and kind, despite not having long to live.
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From Pfizer issuing a voluntary recall of three blood pressure drugs due to a high level of a cancer-causing chemical to “Today Show” co-ancho Hoda Kotb discussing her struggles with fertility after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, here’s what’s happening in the cancer space this week.
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Novel Drug-Keytruda Combo Meets Goal for Kidney Cancer Outcomes Before Trial Enrollment Ends
March 24th 2022MRX0518 plus Keytruda led to a clinical benefit in four out of 16 evaluable patients with renal cell carcinoma. The drug duo will continue to be studied for multiple types of solid tumors.
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Personalized Treatment Advanced the Field and Decreased Side Effects in Head and Neck Cancer
March 24th 2022Over the last 20 years, head and neck cancer treatment moved away from aggressive treatments for all patients to a more personalized approach — improving both outcomes and quality of life for patients with the disease.
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Cabometyx-Tecentriq Combo Fails to Improve Survival in Patients With Liver Cancer
March 15th 2022The combination of Cabometyx and Tecentriq failed to improve overall survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of primary liver cancer, compared with single-agent Tecentriq or Nexavar.
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CAR-T Cell Therapies Offer ‘An Opportunity for Majority of Patients’ With Lymphoma to Be Treated
March 14th 2022Unlike stem cell transplant, which has strict eligibility criteria, the majority of patients with blood cancer may be able to receive CAR-T cell therapy, regardless of other comorbidities, explained an expert.
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