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Pre-Clinical Research Proves Promising for the Treatment of Blood Cancer
September 28, 2011 — Pre-clinical research has generated some very promising findings about a prototype drug for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia ... > full story -
Researchers Uncover Gene Associated With Blood Cancers; New Genetic Insights Could Facilitate Screening for Mutation
September 26, 2011 — Researchers have identified a gene frequently mutated in myelodysplasia, one of the most common forms of blood cancer. Patients with a mutation in SF3B1 had a better overall chance of survival ... > full storyMore: -
Newly Identified DNA Repair Defect Linked to Increased Risk of Leukemia Relapse
September 26, 2011 — A newly identified defect in a DNA repair system might leave some young leukemia patients less likely to benefit from a key chemotherapy drug, possibly putting them at greater risk of ... > full story -
Discovery Helps Explain Why Chemo Causes Drop in Platelet Numbers
September 25, 2011 — Scientists have identified a way that chemotherapy causes platelet numbers to drop, answering in the process a decade-old question about the formation of platelets, tiny cells that allow blood to ... > full story -
Zoledronic Acid Reduces the Recurrence of Breast Cancer in Post-Menopausal Women, Study Finds
September 25, 2011 — A trial investigating the use of zoledronic acid to aid chemotherapy for breast cancer has found a significant benefit for post-menopausal women. The overall survival rate in post-menopausal women ... > full storyMore: -
Cancer Treatment: First Phase III Trial of an Alpha-Pharmaceutical Shows Promising Results
September 23, 2011 — The first Phase III study of an alpha-pharmaceutical (Radium-223 Chloride -- Alpharadin) in patients with bone metastases from advanced prostate cancer has shown that it can prolong survival ... > full story -
Death Rate Higher in Minorities With Acute Leukemia, Study Finds
September 19, 2011 — Blacks and Hispanics have fewer cases of acute leukemia compared to whites but they die at a substantially higher rate, according to a new ... > full story -
New Combination Treatment for Prostate Cancer
September 19, 2011 — Scientists have pioneered a new combination treatment for prostate cancer. The treatment, which has been successful in phase one of trials, will now be tested for efficacy in a second ... > full story -
Cardiovascular Drug May Offer New Treatment for Some Difficult Types of Leukemia
September 12, 2011 — A drug now prescribed for cardiovascular problems could become a new tool in physicians' arsenals to attack certain types of leukemia that so far have evaded effective treatments, researchers ... > full story -
Gene Defect Predisposes People to Leukemia
September 4, 2011 — Mutations on a gene that regulates the transition of primitive blood-forming cells to white blood cells have been implicated in acute myeloid leukemia and in myelodysplasia, a difficulty in producing ... > full story -
New Mutations in Leukemia: Researchers Found Mechanism That Can Help Design Future Therapies
September 4, 2011 — Medical researchers have found a group of mutations involved in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), and showed that certain drugs, already in clinical use to treat other diseases, can ... > full story -
New Half-Match Bone Marrow Transplant Procedure Yields Promising Outcomes for Cancer Patients
September 1, 2011 — Half-matched bone marrow or stem cell transplants for blood cancer patients have typically been associated with disappointing clinical outcomes. However, a clinical trial testing its unique, two-step ... > full story
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