December 12, 2014

Targeted Therapy Effective in Elderly Patients with Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

While rates of remission among elderly patients with leukemia continue to improve, the outlook remains poor among those with a disease subtype present in nearly one-third […]
December 12, 2014

Novel Combinations of New and Existing Therapies Yield Promising Results for Leukemia Patients with poor Prognoses

Recognizing that leukemia cannot be conquered with a “one-size-fits-all” approach, researchers are pursuing novel targeted therapies and combinations of existing treatment regimens with new agents for […]
December 12, 2014

News From ASH

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is the world’s largest professional society of hematologists dedicated to furthering the understanding, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the […]
October 7, 2014

Newly Approved Drugs

Cancer researchers have been almost giddy in the last couple of years about the potential of drugs like Keytruda, which seem to solve a century-old mystery […]
October 7, 2014

Newly Approved Drugs

Could you discuss the KEYNOTE study results and the approval of pembrolizumab? Pembrolizumab was approved because it is active for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and […]
September 26, 2014

Newly Approved Drugs

Last week, the FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of patients with advanced or unresectable melanoma following progression on prior therapies. In the pivotal KEYNOTE-001 […]
August 15, 2014

MHOA Monthly Newsletter

MHOA Monthly Newsletter No.1 Positivity in Adversity “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.” -Mahatma Ghandi
August 1, 2014

MHOA Research and Clinical Trials

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August 1, 2014

Featured Physicians and Caregivers

“I love the fact that today, with all the advances in diagnostics, drugs, and personalized cancer treatments, working with cancer patients is an exciting and optimistic […]
August 1, 2014

New Cancer Treatments

Brain Cancer New tumor-targeting agents (APC) able to seek out and find solid tumors, even illuminating brain cancer stem cells that resist current treatments Science Daily […]