Oncology & Cancer

Research points to an immunotherapy to overcome resistant leukemia

Researchers at the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich have discovered that a specific mutation in the cancer cells of an aggressive type of blood cancer can prevent novel immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell ...

Oncology & Cancer

New review on p53 biology and reactivation in blood cancers

In a recently published review in the journal Biomarker Research, Joanna Zawacka, Docent at the department of Oncology-Pathology discusses our current understanding of p53 biology in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute ...

Oncology & Cancer

A method for personalizing treatment for relapsed AML

A cellular profiling method called dynamic BH3 profiling (DBP), developed by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has the potential to help guide personalized treatment for relapsed, drug-resistant acute myeloid ...

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Leukemia

Leukemia (British English: leukaemia) (Greek leukos λευκός, "white"; aima αίμα, "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of the even broader group of diseases called haematological neoplasms.

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