Dr. Mesa on the Efficacy of Fedratinib in Patients With Myelofibrosis and Low Platelet Counts
January 16th 2020Ruben A. Mesa, MD, director, The Mays Cancer Center, the newly named center of UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the efficacy of fedratinib (Inrebic) in patients with myelofibrosis who have low platelet counts.
Autophagy Modulation May Be a Novel Approach to Treatment of Advanced Cancers
November 29th 2015Although prolonged autophagy can result in cancer cell death, recent investigations suggest that therapy-induced autophagy is a reversible response that promotes cancer cell survival, and thus may diminish the efficacy of some therapeutic agents.
New Methods of Boosting Response to Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy Explored
June 18th 2014Although bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy has significantly improved outcomes for patients with non–muscle invasive bladder cancer since its introduction nearly 40 years ago, there is a pressing need to enhance responses to BCG and to distinguish which patients would respond to treatment early on in the course of therapy.