All Posts: Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center
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Study Shows Sleep Disturbances During the Pandemic Were Similar between Breast Cancer Survivors and Healthy Controls
WASHINGTON (May 2, 2022) — Results from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study (TLC) showed that the development of sleep disturbances during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women, but the findings did not differ between women who survived breast cancer and women without cancer. […]
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Small Numbers of Cells in a Tumor Could Be Key Enablers of Cancer Metastasis
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2021) — Just a small number of cells found in tumors can enable and recruit other types of cells nearby, allowing the cancer to spread to other parts of the body, report Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists. Working with their research collaborators, the scientists found that “enabler cells” comprise about 20 […]
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Immunotherapy Combo Halts Rare, Stage 4 Sarcoma in Teen
NUTLEY, NJ (October 14, 2020) — A patient with end-stage and rapidly progressing soft-tissue cancer whose tumor did not respond to standard treatment had a “rapid and complete response” to a novel combination of immunotherapy, according to new research published by a team of scientists from John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center […]
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