Relatives of patients with myelodysplastic neoplasia (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), or acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have an increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the February issue of Cancer ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Leukemia is a common term used to refer to a form of blood cancer. However, there are different types of leukemia depending on the cell type involved. One unique form is myeloid/natural killer (NK) cell precursor acute leukemia ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were not good candidates for the standard treatment of intensive chemotherapy had a median overall survival (OS) of 6.5 years ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and experience higher rates of relapse and treatment toxicity. In recent decades, new therapies have improved outcomes for ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Hyperdiploidy is a genetic condition observed in cancer cells, where the cells contain more chromosomes than usual. The condition is particularly prevalent in childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most ...
Sep 20, 2023
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A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine suggests that the economic status of a family could be associated with excessive relapse in children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic ...
Jul 28, 2023
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The five-year survival of all children with acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL) has continued to increase to 94%. This is evident from a study of 800 Dutch children. Within the study, modified treatment protocols for four subgroups ...
Jul 17, 2023
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As the United States faces a growing obesity epidemic, scientists are taking a closer look at how body weight can affect health outcomes. New research published in Blood Advances highlights the potential association of elevated ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Immunotherapy with blinatumomab leads to a strongly improved survival rate—from 66% to 93%—for children with an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). They also had fewer side effects from the treatment. ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who live in extreme poverty and were undergoing maintenance therapy faced an almost two-fold greater risk of relapse compared with kids who weren't as poor, according to a ...
Apr 18, 2023
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