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How Old is “Too Old” for Fertility?
Every woman feels the pressure of time when she has trouble getting pregnant, and running out of time keeps her worrying. The impact of age on fertility is a truth to reckon with, and age related fertility might be a…
High Risk Myeloma Treatment Options
Myeloma is classified as high-risk based on presence of cytogenetic abnormalities and poor treatment outcomes. Despite many new drugs and drug combinations being approved, long term benefits for high risk multiple myeloma patients is less clear. We continue our discussion…
What you need to know about the ICER report and its implication on insurance coverage and treatment options for myeloma patients.
Cancer drugs cost more than $100,000 per year and continue to increase. Medicare has proposed major changes to Medicare Part B in an attempt to slow the explosion in healthcare expenditures. In addition, a recent “report” by a group called…
Beating Leukemia with Groundbreaking CAR-T Cell Therapy
Dr. Stephan A. Grupp made history when he treated the first child with CAR T cell therapy, Emily Whitehead, who is now more than five years cancer-free. In CAR-T cell therapy, a patient's own genetically altered immune cells fight cancer.…
Reversing Blindness with New FDA Approved Retinal Gene Therapy
In December 2017, the FDA approved a DNA altering medication that can reverse an inherited form of progressive blindness. Luxturna is a gene therapy which can treat a condition called Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) wherein people have inherited two faulty…