by Garth Sundem | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Jonathan Gutman, MD When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor sources: A matched related donor (sibling), a matched unrelated donor (from a donor database), a half-matched donor, or umbilical cord blood. Of course, there are...
by Garth Sundem | May 28, 2020 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Daniel Sherbenou, MD, PhD In 1844, multiple myeloma was first treated with a rhubarb pill and an infusion of orange peel. Since then, more than 15 drugs have earned FDA approval to treat multiple myeloma and with so many options, a major question has become what...
by Garth Sundem | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured, Latest News
Historically, pediatric cancer patients have been much more likely than adult cancer patients to enroll in clinical trials as part of their treatment. Now a study by University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers working at Children’s Hospital Colorado shows...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 29, 2018 | Featured, Latest News, Patient Care, Research
Clinical trial results published in the journal Nature Medicine show 91 percent response rate to the combination of venetoclax with azacitidine in older adults newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Of 33 patients given combination venetoclax and...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 12, 2018 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip apart sugar to release the “bang” of energy. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Cancer Cell shows that cancer stem...
