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Emmy-winning TV writer Hank Saroyan passes away at 75
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hank Saroyan, also a well-known animation director and producer, who won an Emmy for 'Muppet Babies,' passed away at the age of 75 on September 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer.
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Researchers report encouraging immunotherapy options for relapsed myeloma
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): Researchers have published results that show encouraging therapeutic options for patients with blood cancer and multiple myeloma after first-line treatment with bispecific antibodies fails. Bispecific antibodies are a type of antibody that can bind to two
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Potential serious side effects seen after immunotherapy: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 11 (ANI): Scientists from Mount Sinai have recently found potentially serious side effects related to a new form of immunotherapy known as CAR-T cell therapy, which was recently approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
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Kirron Kher undergoing treatment for blood cancer, Anupam Kher calls her a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Thursday shared a health update about his wife and actor Kirron Kher stating that she has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer and is currently 'undergoing treatment'.
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Actress Tamannaah's pledge to help Devika 'Fightagainstcancer' with Tring
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): With a call for the generous hearts to step ahead and contribute, Tamannaah has associated with Tring's Icons for Change initiative to support a cause that is extremely close to her heart. The actress went live to garner donations for
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Whole body imaging detects myeloma in more patients, treatment initiated e
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): Researchers from King's College London have shown that whole body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) not only detects more myeloma-defining disease than positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) but that it
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RGCON 2020 focussed on Hemato-oncology update
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): RGCON 2020, the 19th Annual International Conference of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre to be held in New Delhi from February 7 to 9, 2020, is focused on an all-important aspect of Hemato-oncology update.
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Researchers discover new blood test which can detect multiple types of can
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 28 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new kind of blood test in development which is capable of screening for a number of types of cancer.
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Blood test can help detect this rare cancer
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 14(ANI): Turns out, a rare cancer known as myeloma could be caught early using simple blood tests.
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Scientists identify new possibility for untreatable blood cancer
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new biomarker that could help to unlock the medical mystery behind an untreatable blood cancer.
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Study renders insights into genetic abnormalities leading to multiple myel
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): In India, incidence of multiple myeloma affects 1.8 per cent in a population of 100,000. Approximately, 50,000 new cases of multiple myeloma are diagnosed each year.
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This drug ups risk of heart failure in cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): A study has recently found that taking a higher dose of Carfilzomib, which is used for treating cancer, can increase the risk of hypertension, heart failure, and heart attacks in multiple myeloma patients.
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