Lymphoma News

The firefighters shaved their heads to show solidarity for one of their own. The daughter of one of the firefighters was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. For the last eight years Port Chester's Lael Porcelli has run marathons, sprint triathlons and sold lemonade to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and honor her niece, Katie Smercak, who was successfully treated for leukemia at the age of five.

A newly discovered particle may make changing hair color as easy as straightening it without chemicals, via ion beam technologies.

These are the moving stories of just a few of the the runners in the 2014 Great North Run , and we want to hear yours Why I'm running: My brother Adam Ball, 19, has Cystic Fibrosis and has to stick to a strict regime of medication and physiotherapy just to stay well.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Imbruvica to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who carry a deletion in chromosome 17 , which is associated with poor responses to standard treatment for CLL.

THREE firefighters from Bury were part of a team who blazed a trail across the country on their bikes to raise money for two worthy causes.

Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for IMBRUVICA in the European Union.

Consultant haematologists Josh Wright, Nick Morley and Eddie Hampton, from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, will be joined by two cancer patients, Harry Baines and Shane Bytheway, on the RideLondon to Surrey amateur race.

Approved use for Imbruvica has been expanded to include people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have a deletion in chromosome 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday in a news release.

Men and women with indolent, or low-grade, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are needed for a clinical trial that evaluates medication of adults previously treated for the cancer.

Lymphoma treatment has damaging effects on spermatogenesis but, in most patients, sperm production recovers within two years post-treatment, according to a study published online July 17 in Fertility and Sterility .

MARTINSRIED / MUNICH, Germany, July 28, 2014 -- MorphoSys AG today provided an update on its proprietary portfolio including the clinical programs MOR208, MOR103 and MOR202.

Epizyme, Inc. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company creating innovative personalized therapeutics for patients with genetically defined cancers, announced today that it will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. ET to report second quarter 2014 financial results and provide a corporate ... (more)

A BRAVE teenager diagnosed with cancer has vowed to fight back saying "I'm done with crying; bring it on!" Tiffany Williams, of Stratford Road, Blacon, was told by doctors on June 17 that she has Hodgkin Lymphoma, a blood cancer.

Dr. Nikhil Joshi says the creative process of writing the book The End of Suffering saved him.

Often they left their Dunmore home at about 4:30 a.m., with Kelcey in the back seat and enough clothes for the weeklong hotel stay.

Lilian MacDonald topped the itunes chart with a song she wrote and sang to raise funds for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research after her boyfriend contracted leukemia.

The EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopt a positive opinion supporting approval of Imbruvica as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma or adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have received at least one prior therapy or as a first-line treatment in patients with the 17p ... (more)

Every year, more than 35,000 children and adults in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia or lymphoma.

A north Forsyth community is coming together Sunday to honor a young man who recently lost his battle with cancer.