Sharon Worcester

Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.

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Novel bispecific CAR shows promise in B-cell malignancies

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: January 25, 2019

SAN DIEGO – This is the first in-human study of a bispecific loop CAR in the United States.

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Uninterrupted ibrutinib with CAR T could improve CLL outcomes

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: January 25, 2019

SAN DIEGO – Ibrutinib treatment before and after CAR T-cell therapy in CLL patients may decrease the risk of severe cytokine release syndrome.

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Investigational gene therapy shows promise in hemophilia A

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: January 18, 2019

SAN DIEGO – Investigational SPK-8011 gene transfer therapy results in dose-dependent FVIII expression in patients with severe hemophilia A.

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Next-generation anti-BCMA CAR T shows promise for RRMM

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: January 16, 2019

SAN DIEGO – CAR T cells have been detectable up to 9 months after infusion.

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ALL chemotherapy looks effective in mixed phenotype leukemia

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: January 3, 2019

SAN DIEGO – In a retrospective cohort study, most children with mixed phenotype acute leukemia achieved MRD-negative complete response on ALL-direc...

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GO-8: Early promise for novel FVIII variant in hemophilia A

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: December 20, 2018

SAN DIEGO – The data are encouraging in the first four patients treated with the single infusion.

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Data underscore the importance of lifestyle interventions in breast cancer patients

Author:: Sharon Worcester

Publish date: December 17, 2018

SAN ANTONIO – Data support lifestyle interventions in women with breast cancer; jury is still out on the effects of interventions on disease recurr...