News tagged with hematologic malignancies


Gene shut-down may offer early warning of chronic leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study shows that certain genes are turned off early, before clinical signs of the disease appear, in the development of chronic leukemia.


Controversial cancer stem cells offer new direction for treatment

Controversial cancer stem cells offer new direction for treatment (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

In a review in Science, a University of Rochester Medical Center researcher sorts out the controversy and promise around a dangerous subtype of cancer cells, known as cancer stem cells, which seem capable of res ...





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New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...


Funeral industry workers exposed to formaldehyde face higher risk of leukemia

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online November 20 in the Journal of ...


Acute heart attack patients receiving high ionizing radiation dose

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acute heart attack patients received an average total dose of ionizing radiation equal to 725 chest X-rays from medical tests during their hospital stay, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...


Researchers find two units of umbilical cord blood reduce risk of leukemia recurrence

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease ...


Genetic changes shown to be important indicators for disease progression in cervical cancer patients

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cervical cancer patients with specific changes in the cancer genome have a three- or fourfold increased risk of relapse after standard treatment compared to patients without these changes, according to a study by Norwegian ...


Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such invasive biopsies forever. ...


Brain tumors in childhood leave a lasting mark on cognition, life status

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems. ...


Is short-term Celecoxib intervention a effective method for preventing gastric carcinogenesis?

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helicobacter pylori has been accepted as an important pathogen inducing gastric cancer. A research group from Taiwan investigated optimal intervention point of Celecoxib, to inhibit H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis ...


Patients starting dialysis have increased risk of death

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compared to the general population, patients starting dialysis have an increased risk of death that is not attributable to a higher rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as previously thought, according to a study in ...


Circulating Mesothelin Serves as a Marker of Pancreatic Cancer

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have expanded on previous studies, and there may be a new weapon in the arsenal for immune-based strategies in treating pancreatic cancer - mesothelin protein. Findings also showed that circulating ...



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