Australian researchers have developed a new risk scoring system for children with leukaemia based on missing DNA fragments or 'microdeletions'. The risk score will allow doctors to better predict the chance of relapse of ...
Dec 1, 2017
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is one of the most formidable and deadly cancers known to man, with only 50% of patients surviving for more than five years after diagnosis.
Nov 28, 2023
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A new method to assess the status of immune responses to specific antigens in detail by analysis using the B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire has been developed by a research group, consisting of Assistant Professor Yohei Funakoshi, ...
Aug 18, 2023
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Smoking status is an important patient-related prognostic factor for outcome in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with intensive chemotherapy, according to a study published online April 21 in the British ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Younger adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who receive an autologous stem cell transplant (auto-HCT) have a median progression-free survival (PFS) of approximately 3.5 years and a median overall survival (OS) of ...
Jul 27, 2023
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New research has shown that early testing for blood clots in patients who had received the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine led to them being treated successfully, highlighting the need for heightened awareness of the risk among ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Researchers with SAHMRI's Precision Medicine Theme have found a key to better identifying which chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients can stop taking their medication and remain in treatment free remission (TFR).
May 1, 2020
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A potentially safer, more effective chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related cancers, such as leukemia, who need a particular bone marrow transplant procedure is under study at the University of Arizona Health ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Technology that can detect the length of small DNA structures in cancer cells could hold the key to predicting the outcome of patients with two different types of blood cancer. The test, used in conjunction with current methods, ...
May 10, 2017
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Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow from haematopoietic stem cells via a complex process known as erythropoiesis. Towards the end of this process, immature red blood cells also known as reticulocytes (multi-lobular ...
Nov 2, 2017
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