All Posts: blood cancer

• Case Study Reveals Important New Details About Rare Second Cancers Related to CAR-T Therapy

  A new, detailed analysis of a patient’s second cancer after receiving CAR-T therapy for the initial cancer provides rare but important insights intended to offer helpful guidance for oncologists and pathologists about the clinical presentation and pathologic features involved in a CAR-T related second cancer.

  Category: News Release Tags: blood cancer, cancer, CAR-T therapy, multiple myeloma, research

• Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange May Be at Increased Risk of Developing Progressive Blood Cancers

  Research conducted at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Washington DC VA Medical Center on a database of veterans exposed to Agent Orange found an association for an increased risk of developing myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), which are acquired stem cell disorders that can lead to overproduction of mature blood cells complicated by an increased risk of blood clots in arteries and veins. When MPNs progress, they can become deadly leukemias.

  Category: News Release Tags: agent orange, blood cancer, cancer, cancer research, hematology, research, veterans' health