News tagged with acute leukemia
Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients
Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Researchers discover the processes leading to acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Amgen buys Micromet for anti-leukemia drug
Biotech giant Amgen said Thursday it was buying the German-American cancer research firm Micromet, giving it access to Micromet's promising leukemia therapy.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Study pinpoints and plugs mechanism of AML cancer cell escape
A study published this week in the journal Leukemia identifies a mechanism that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells use to evade chemotherapy – and details how to close this escape route.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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New culprit discovered in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work t ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Chemotherapy may influence leukemia relapse: research
The chemotherapy drugs required to push a common form of adult leukemia into remission may contribute to DNA damage that can lead to a relapse of the disease in some patients, findings of a new study suggest.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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20 cancer cases in French women with PIP implants: agency
French health authorities said Friday that 20 cases of cancer had been uncovered in women with allegedly faulty French-made breast implants but insisted there was still no proven link with the disease.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Tough choice looms on 9/11 health lawsuits
(AP) -- More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2 whether to keep fighting in court, or ...
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Childhood cancer drugs cure now, may cause problems later, research shows
Will a drug used to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and other pediatric cancers cause heart problems later in life?
Dec 16, 2011 |
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First comprehensive DNA study of mast cell leukemia uncovers clues that could improve therapy
Cancer researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have carried out the first comprehensive study of the changes seen in the DNA of a patient with mast cell leukemia (MCL), an extremely aggressive subtype of acute ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives
(Medical Xpress) -- Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Prognostic model developed for MDS related to prior cancer therapy
A large-scale analysis of patients whose myelodysplastic syndrome is related to earlier cancer treatment overturns the notion that all of them have a poor prognosis, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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AML patients have high response rate with vorinostat added to treatment
Adding a drug that activates genes to frontline combination therapy for acute myeloid leukemia resulted in an 85 percent remission rate after initial treatment, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Gene mutation signals a high risk of recurrence in some older acute-leukemia patients
Older people with acute myeloid leukemia and normal looking chromosomes in their cancer cells have a higher risk of recurrence if they have mutations in a gene called ASXL1, according to a new study by researchers at the ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Two-faced leukemia?
One kind of leukemia sometimes masquerades as another, according to a study published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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