Health
Tobacco linked to 40 percent of US cancers
Tobacco use remains the most preventable cause of cancer, and 40 percent of diagnosed US cancer cases may have a link to its use, health authorities said Thursday.
Nov 10, 2016
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News tagged with acute myeloid
Genetics
How a genetic mutation affects the body's immune system response to viruses, development of blood cancers
The body's innate immune system, active from birth, is the first line of defense against viruses and other pathogens that cause disease. Using vaccination as an example, after receiving a vaccine, pain, redness, or swelling ...
May 25, 2022
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Medical research
A blood sample 24 hours after the start of chemotherapy can predict survival
Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, have found a new method that within hours can predict if certain cancer patients will survive or not after chemotherapy.
Jan 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New leukemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies
Researchers at ANU are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukemia that outperforms standard chemotherapies.
Jun 8, 2017
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Medications
Researchers discover new leukemia-killing compounds
Researchers from Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered potential new drugs that work in concert with other drugs to deliver a deadly one-two punch to leukemia.
Jun 30, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers discover gene defect that predisposes people to leukemia
A new genetic defect that predisposes people to acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplasia has been discovered. The mutations were found in the GATA2 gene. Among its several regulatory roles, the gene acts as a master control ...
Sep 4, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Throwing molecular wrench into gene control machine leads to 'melting away' of leukemia
Cancer researchers today announced they have developed a way of sidelining one of the most dangerous "bad actors" in leukemia. Their approach depends on throwing a molecular wrench into the gears of an important machine that ...
Jan 8, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Rare form of leukemia found to originate in stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers working out of the University of Toronto has found that one type of rare leukemia appears to get its start in stem cells. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Oncology & Cancer
Stem cell-based test predicts leukemia patients' response to therapy to tailor treatment
Leukemia researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have developed a 17-gene signature derived from leukemia stem cells that can predict at diagnosis if patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to standard ...
Dec 7, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
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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