Finding Purpose After Five Different Cancers
February 20th 2020In this week’s episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with Lainie Jones, who has found her purpose in helping others after being diagnosed with five separate primary cancers before the age of 35 because of a rare genetic condition that predisposes her to develop the disease.
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How Do You Deal with Roadblocks on the Cancer Journey?
January 20th 2020Life with cancer is filled with ups and downs, but how do you deal with the roadblocks that are placed in your way? We recently asked CURE®’s social media audience how they coped with setbacks in their cancer journey. Here are some of their responses.
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CAR-T Cell Therapies Could Change the Mantle Cell Lymphoma Landscape
December 14th 2019However, the recent addition of new chemotherapy-free options such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy could offer hope for patients with mantle cell lymphoma who develop resistance to chemotherapy-based treatment.
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BTK Inhibitors Could Replace Chemotherapy in Mantle Cell Lymphoma Treatment
December 13th 2019While chemotherapy is widely used in the frontline treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), earlier use of BTK inhibitors such as Imbruvica (ibrutinib) may soon make chemotherapy obsolete for some patients, according to new data presented at the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.
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Mosunetuzumab Produces Complete Remissions in Patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
December 8th 2019Some patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma may soon have a treatment option that could offer complete remission, according to new data presented at the American Society of Hematology 2019 Annual Meeting.
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The Importance of Treatment-Free Survival in Cancer Care Planning
December 5th 2019In cancer clinical trials, the goal, or primary endpoint, is often focused on overall survival. However, one expert from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute thinks treatment-free survival should also be documented to provide patients with the data they need to make informed treatment choices.
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FDA Approves Calquence for Leukemia and Lymphoma Subsets
November 21st 2019In partnership with the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Health Canada, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted supplemental approval to Calquence (acalabrutinib) for the treatment of adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
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