Acute Leukemia Journals

• Updated GADOLIN Study Shows Survival Benefit in Indolent NHL An updated analysis of the GADOLIN study confirms the PFS benefit of obinutuzumab and bendamustine in rituximab-refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2018
• Critically Elevated Potassium in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia A misdiagnosis as to the cause of hyperkalemia in this patient led to unnecessary dialysis, demonstrating the need to be alert to potentially false potassium results in patients with elevated WBC counts.
  Laboratory Medicine, September 2018
• Immunotherapies in Oncology and Their Side Effect Profiles Learn about the side effect profiles of the various classes of new and emerging immunotherapies used for cancer treatment.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 2018
• Oral Contraceptive Use and Risks of Cancer While oral contraceptive use has been well studied in terms of breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers, this analysis investigated the total effect of OC use on cancer risk across all organs.
  American Journal of Epidemiology, August 2018
• The Impact of Cancer on Subsequent Chance of Pregnancy How does cancer in childhood or early adulthood impact fertility in women later in life?
  Human Reproduction, July 2018
• Sepsis Associated With Bacterial Contamination of Platelets Two separate clusters of platelet transfusion-associated fatal bacterial sepsis highlight that even when following procedure, the risk for transfusion-related infection and fatality persists.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 2018
• Geographic Variation in Pediatric Cancer Incidence -- US Which US region has the highest rate of pediatric cancers? This report tracked pediatric cancer incidence by type and state.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 2018
• Emerging Role of Immunotherapy for Childhood Cancers Immunotherapeutic strategies are showing promise for pediatric cancers such as leukemia and neuroblastoma. What is the latest research?
  Chinese Clinical Oncology, June 2018
• Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma and Cancer Metabolism A better understanding of the metabolic pathophysiology in pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas may lead to more targeted treatment for these tumors.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, June 2018
• Vedolizumab and Simultaneous Exposure to an Anti-TNF Might the combination of vedolizumab with anti-TNF confer better clinical outcomes than each drug alone? This study examined the safety and efficacy of this combination regimen in patients with IBD.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, June 2018
• FISH Utility for Recurrent Abnormalities in AML at Diagnosis Is it necessary to use both FISH and karyotyping for detecting cytogenetic abnormalities in AML at diagnosis and follow-up--or does karyotyping alone suffice?
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, May 2018
• Management of Toxicities Associated With Bosutinib Review strategies for managing toxicities associated with bosutinib in patients with Ph+ chronic phase CML.
  Annals of Oncology, May 2018
• Meningiomas: Overview and New Directions in Therapy This comprehensive review summarizes the epidemiology, pathogenesis, genetics, classification, and diagnosis of meningiomas. What are current and promising therapeutic options?
  Seminars in Neurology, April 2018
• CAR T and Other T Cell Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer Review the biology of T cell therapy and its potential role in pancreatic cancer therapy.
  Chinese Clinical Oncology, March 2018
• Review of Post-Organ Transplant Hematologic Cancers Which cancers are most commonly associated with solid organ transplantation? Find out what there is to know.
  American Journal of Transplantation, March 2018
• The Use of Medical-Grade Honey on Oral Mucositis A medical-grade honey paste may be an effective alternative to standard mouth rinses for the treatment of oral mucositis among pediatric oncology patients.
  Wounds, February 2018
• Risks of Prophylactic Preprocedure Platelet Transfusion Prophylactic platelet transfusion is common prior to invasive procedures, but might it worsen outcomes?
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, January 2018
• Management of Leukemic and Lymphomatous Meningitis Early identification and treatment can, in some cases, prevent meningitis associated with hematologic malignancies.
  Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center, January 2018
• Current Fertility Preservation Strategies for Boys What are the latest strategies for fertility preservation in male children after childhood cancer?
  Clinical Endocrinology, January 2018
• Immunotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Review checkpoint blockade, immunotoxin, oncolytic viral, and adoptive cell therapies for malignant mesothelioma.
  Translational Lung Cancer Research, January 2018