Leukemia News

Posted January 8, 2010:

• Blood Test Could Improve Graft-Versus-Host Disease Treatment

Posted January 7, 2010:

• Genetic Differences Between Lethal and Treatable Forms of Leukemia Discovered
• Vaccine Appears to 'Mop Up' Leukemia Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind

Posted January 6, 2010:

• Researcher Links Diabetic Complication to Nerve Damage in Bone Marrow

Posted January 5, 2010:

• Epigenetics: Protein Linked to Leukemia 'Bookmarks' Highly Active Genes During Cell Division

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Milk Thistle Herb Protects Cancer Patients from Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Toxicity

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Study Points Way to Development of Drugs for Deadly Childhood Leukemia

Posted December 7, 2009:

• Combination Therapy With Midostaurin Improves Survival of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients With FLT3 Mutations, Phase 1
• Advances in Diagnosing and Treating Leukemia and Myeloproliferative Disorders

Posted December 6, 2009:

• New Gene Findings Will Help Guide Treatment in Infant Leukemia

Posted December 2, 2009:

• Soy Peptide Lunasin Has Anti-Cancer, Anti-Inflammatory Properties

Posted December 1, 2009:

• Death-Inducing Proteins Key to Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation

Posted November 27, 2009:

• New Tools for Prediction of Disease Progression in Acute Childhood Leukemia

Posted November 25, 2009:

• EMT Contributes to Vision Loss Due to Bone Marrow Transplantation

Posted November 22, 2009:

• New Cancer Target for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Posted November 21, 2009:

• Funeral Industry Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk of Leukemia

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Two Units of Umbilical Cord Blood Reduce Risk of Leukemia Recurrence

Posted November 10, 2009:

• FDA Approved Leukemia Drugs Shows Promise In Ovarian Cancer Cells

Posted November 5, 2009:

• First Use Of Antibody And Stem Cell Transplantation To Successfully Treat Advanced Leukemia

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Two Genes Cooperate To Cause Aggressive Leukemia

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Chemosensitivity Of Cancer Cells Depends On Their Protein Dependency

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Women With Breast Cancer Have Low Vitamin D Levels

Posted October 6, 2009:

• New Treatment More Than Doubles Survival for High Risk Childhood Leukemia
• New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like A Strong Fence
• High-Sensitivity Bone Marrow Aspiration Technology Enhances Leukemia Cell Detection

Posted September 30, 2009:

• New Knowledge About Bone Marrow Transplants Can Help Leukemia Patients

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Gene Could Lead To New Therapies For Bone Marrow Disease

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Obesity Hinders Chemotherapy Treatment In Children With Leukemia

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Treating Bone Loss In Breast Cancer Survivors: Cancer Drugs Aren't The Only Culprits

Posted September 6, 2009:

• Malignant Signature May Help Identify Patients Likely To Respond To Therapy

Posted September 4, 2009:

• New Research Strategy For Understanding Drug Resistance In Leukemia
• New Switch That Causes The Body To Produce Cancerous Cells Discovered

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Can Bone Marrow Be Quickly Revived After Destruction By Leukemia Treatment? Faster Recovery From Life-Threatening Blood Cell Shortages

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Combined Transplant-Vaccine Therapy For High-Risk Leukemia Shows Promise
• Young Leukemia And Lymphoma Patients Live Longer Today Than In Years Past

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Disrupting A Destructive Duo: Researchers Inhibit Cancer Proteins

Posted August 16, 2009:

• Inherited Risk Factors Increase Odds Of Developing Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Possible Genetic Links Between Environmental Toxins And Multiple Myeloma

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Potential Risk Identified In Transfusions Of Platelets Before Bone Marrow Transplant

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Multiple Types Of White Blood Cells Made Directly From Embryonic And Adult Stem Cells

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Decoding Leukemia Patient Genome Leads Scientists To Mutations In Other Patients
• Gene Shut-Down May Offer Early Warning Of Chronic Leukemia
• Finding Key To Cancer Drug Gleevec's Limitations

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Silenced Genes As Warning Sign Of Blood Cancer

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Novel Tumor Suppressor Discovered
• Exercise Benefits Leukemia Patients
• PET Can Help Guide Treatment Decisions For A Common Pediatric Cancer

Posted July 28, 2009:

• New Drug For Children With High-Risk Leukemia

Posted July 27, 2009:

• Comprehensive Look At Rare Leukemia Finds Relatively Few Genetic Changes Launch Disease

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Stripping Leukemia-Initiating Cells Of Their 'Invisibility Cloak'

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