The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s CoMMpass study, a prospective, longitudinal observational study of 1,143 newly diagnosed, previously untreated multiple myeloma patients, revealed critical genetic markers that can better predict disease progression and identify patients at risk of transitioning to more aggressive forms of the disease.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one—MUC1—is already in clinical trials. The research was published online Sept. 28 in...
