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Infections are a major cause of death in patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy
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Infections are a major cause of death in patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy
Meta-analysis focused on causes of death, excluding relapse, recurrence

More than half of deaths that are not attributed to disease progression or recurrence after CAR T-cell therapy are caused by infections—an unprecedented finding that experts say marks a shift from a conventional focus on mitigating treatment-specific adverse events to including prevention and management of infections.
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
ACS, ASCO combine online patient information services
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ACS, ASCO combine online patient information services

The American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have combined their cancer information resources, which will be available at no cost to the public on cancer.org. The collaboration, which combines the two organizations’ sites—ACS’s cancer.org and ASCO’s cancer.net—was announced at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago May 1. Cancer.org is now […]
By Paul Goldberg