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• Velcade Cycle 3, Day One and RESULTS!

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  Back to Haematology today for FLs Velcade infusion. And some very good news! 17 September 2009: Kappa light chains: 690, Kappa/Lamda ratio: 110 9 November 2009: Kappa light chains: 75, Kappa / Lamda ratio: 8.09 The Velcade is working! The doctor was very positive. She sounded FLs chest and reminded him to ask ...
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• Friday - with yarn

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  Something for everyone today! First up = health. FL is on antibiotics and has been up since 3am this morning, coughing and spluttering. But he is in good spirits. I am still coldified and am in a mood to do battle at work, so it might be best if I go home again soon before I say/do something I regret later! ...
  3 days ago

• LFBs Recombinant Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Is Granted Orphan Drug Status In Europe For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  The recombinant anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody produced by LFB Biotechnologies received orphan drug status for the treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). This approval from the EMEAs Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) was handed down on last October 7th. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia represents ...
  4 days ago

• Health update

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  FL is not well. The constipation turned to diarrhea and he had a fever on Monday night. Unless he improves today I will be ringing the hospital to get him into the Ward. Since he has a severely compromised immune system he may need intravenous antibiotics to get him through this. So I am working at home this ...
  6 days ago

• NCCN Updates NHL Guidelines To Incorporate FDA Approvals Of New Treatment Options

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Two recent FDA approvals have prompted the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to update the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology(TM) for Non-Hodgkins Lymphomas to include ofatumumab (Azerra(TM), GlaxoSmithKline) and romidepsin (Istodax(R), Gloucester Pharmaceuticals) as treatment options for select ...
  6 days ago

• How Millennium Is Tapping A Harvard Lab to Help Discover New Cancer Drugs

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 702
  Life Sciences , cancer , Collaboration Ryan McBride wrote: When Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, talked about what makes the Boston area an attractive place to do business at a recent Xconomy Forum , she singled out the work of J. Wade Harper at Harvard Medical School. ...
  6 days ago

• Square Sunday 2

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  Blanket square number 2, knitted last night instead of going out for a meal to celebrate my birthday. FLs stomach had ballooned up and he was very uncomfortable. As Phil can tell you, constipation is a common side effect of Velcade. FL had escaped til now (possibly due to increased numbers of vegan meals ...
  1 week ago

• Funeral Industry Workers Exposed To Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk Of Leukemia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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• Genentech And Biogen Idec Receive A Complete Response From The FDA For Rituxan For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), and Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced today that the U.S.
  1 week ago

• Millennium Initiates First Clinical Trial With The First Oral Proteasome Inhibitor

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company announced it has further expanded its protein homeostasis program with the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial for an oral formulation of MLN9708, the Companys second-generation proteasome inhibitor. An intravenous formulation of MLN9708 entered clinical trials in March.
  1 week ago

• Velcade Cycle 2, Day Four

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  FL is at the hospital for his Velcade infusion. I am at work. He sees no reason for me to be there if he isnt due to see a doctor. His insomnia continues, but I think he has learned his lesson about waking me up in the middle of the night! (I am such a grumpy cow when my sleep is interrupted!) He continues to ...
  1 week ago

• Lisa Ray to undergo stem cell transplant for cancer (With Images)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Toronto, Nov 18 (IANS) Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray will undergo a stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer.The 37-year-old star was diagnosed with the cancer of the bone marrow in June and has been undergoing chemotherapy since July.Toronto-born Lisa made this ...
  1 week ago

• Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues.
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• How Cells Tolerate DNA Damage - MDC Researchers Identify Start Signal For Cell Survival Program

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Cancer researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into how cells react to DNA damage. Dr. Michael Stilmann, Dr. Michael Hinz and Professor Claus Scheidereit have shown that the protein PARP-1, which detects DNA damage within seconds, activates the ...
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• Co-Founder Of Microsoft Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  Paul Allen who co-founded the computer giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, 25 years after surviving Hodgkins lymphoma. The news was announced in a memo to the staff of Allens company Vulcan, by CEO Jody Allen, who is also Paul Allens sister. A copy of the ...
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• Army’s Northern Command hospital performs marrow transplant

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Jammu, Nov 17 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Northern Command hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully performed bone marrow transplant in a cancer patient, becoming the first institution in the state to offer this specialised treatment, officials said Tuesday.The process was performed on a 50-year-old ...
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• EntreMeds ENMD-2076 Active In Solid And Hematological Cancers

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  EntreMed, Inc. ( ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer announced the presentation of data for the Phase 1 study for its Aurora A/angiogenic kinase inhibitor, ENMD-2076, in leukemia patients. The Company also announced that it has selected ovarian cancer as ...
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• Daily Dose of Nuts Benefit Heart Health

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 136
  A daily dose of nuts— walnuts , almonds , pistachios — can make up for a heart-healthy diet, according to Mayo Clinic researchers . Most nuts contain some nutrients that can benefit heart health and help with cholesterol control. They include unsaturated fats , omega-3 fatty acids , fiber, 1-arginine ...
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• Velcade Cycle 2, Day Three

  
  Roobeedoo — Authority: 421
  FL drove himself to the hospital again today for his Velcade infusion. Over the weekend he: had an unprovoked nosebleed; had an unexplained fall on the golf course and cut his hand; and had to ask his pal to help him out of his waterproof trousers halfway round the course because he found he couldnt bend to get ...
  2 weeks ago

• Finding May Give Hope To More Leukemia Patients So They May Live Cancer-Free

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 703
  A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease returning.
  2 weeks ago

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