Velcade-Melphalan And Double Stem Cell Transplant Combination Is Feasible In …The Myeloma BeaconAmong patients who received at least one stem cell transplant, median progression-free survival after the first transplant was also 15 months. Median over…
Carnival will aid cancer patient – Camarillo Acorn
Carnival will aid cancer patientCamarillo AcornThe funds will go toward outof pocket costs to help a CAPE student's mother who is fighting multiple myeloma and having a lifesaving stem cell transplant. The event will feature live music with Caught …
Transplant waiting list kept at false low – doctors
THOUSANDS of people who would benefit from a kidney transplant are being denied the chance even to be considered for a donor organ because hospitals are failing to put them on the waiting list, keeping the number of would-be recipients artificially low…
This Week in Lancet Oncology – GenomeWeb
This Week in Lancet OncologyGenomeWebThe team assigned 72 melanoma patients with brain metastases — 51 of whom were neurologically asymptomatic and were not receiving corticosteroid treatment and 21 of whom were symptomatic and on a stable dose of co…
Dx Focus: Quest Simplexa C. Diff Assay Gets FDA OK; XDx Begins AlloMap Testing … – GenomeWeb
Dx Focus: Quest Simplexa C. Diff Assay Gets FDA OK; XDx Begins AlloMap Testing …GenomeWebAlloMap is a non-invasive blood test that helps physicians to determine a stable heart transplant patient's risk of acute cellular rejection without using en…
Call for kidney transplant review
Thousands who would benefit from kidney transplant being denied chance for consideration.
Death for a life: inside the donor dilemma – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldDeath for a life: inside the donor dilemmaSydney Morning HeraldThe real bottleneck, in Bendorf's assessment, is that relatively fewer Australians are treated in intensive care units right through to the point of brain death – w…
IL-6 Blocker Stops RA Joint Damage – MedPage Today
MedPage TodayIL-6 Blocker Stops RA Joint DamageMedPage TodayThe authors noted that it remains to be seen if other biologics such as rituximab (Rituxan) and abatacept (Orencia) also have these dissociative effects on radiographic and clinical outcomes. …
Liz Cho goes into the OR, for organ donor story – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsLiz Cho goes into the OR, for organ donor storyNew York Daily News“It was very much a part of my life growing up,” she says of organ donation. “Connected for Life” airs Saturday at 7 pm It eyes how New York lags in donations …
Organ Donation Program Coordinator Hopes For Long Shot For Kidney – CBS Local
CBS LocalOrgan Donation Program Coordinator Hopes For Long Shot For KidneyCBS LocalVikki Tulcus, coordinator of the Organ Donor Program at the Illinois Secretary of State's Office, is herself in need of a kidney transplant. (Credit: Steve Miller/WB…