Oncology & Cancer
Cancer's dangerous renovations to our chromosomes revealed
Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, University of Virginia researchers have revealed.
Oct 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Superior outcomes for acute myeloid leukemia patients in clinical trial
Patients participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) groundbreaking precision medicine Beat AML Master Clinical Trial had superior outcomes compared to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who opted for standard ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Medical research
New therapeutic approach against leukemia
Leukemia frequently originates from the so-called leukemic stem cell, which resides in a tumor promoting and protecting niche within the bone marrow. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Repeal of Obamacare could leave young cancer patients in the lurch
(HealthDay)—If Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is repealed, pediatric cancer patients could lose critical insurance coverage, a new study warns.
Oct 22, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New method to analyze function and genetic variation in cells in leukemias and other cancer diseases
Martin Enge's research group at the department of Oncology-Pathology has developed a new method for joint analysis of a cell's state and accumulated genetic variation in single cells, applied to childhood leukemias and other ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Genomic markers of midostaurin drug sensitivity in leukemia patients
Researchers have identified acute myeloid leukemia as a heterogeneous malignancy with the most common genomic alterations in NPM1, DNMT3A and FLT3. Midostaurin was the first FLT3 inhibitor FDA approved for AML and is standard ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop new precise therapeutic leukemia vaccine
Exploration of new leukemia antigens and construction of appropriate delivery systems using FDA-approved material are important strategies for developing leukemia vaccines for clinic use.
Oct 12, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Factors associated with suicide in leukemia identified
(HealthDay)—Male sex, older age at diagnosis, White race, and having acute myeloid leukemia are risk factors associated with suicide among patients with leukemia, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in Cancer Medicine.
Oct 12, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover drug resistance mechanism in leukemia, identify treatment strategy
Like packaging designed to create a protective environment around a product, the mix of cells and fluids immediately surrounding human bone marrow provides critical protective and nourishing conditions for hematopoietic—or ...
Oct 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New way to halt leukemia relapse shown promising in mice
Researchers have identified a second path to defeating chronic myelogenous leukemia, which tends to affect older adults, even in the face of resistance to existing drugs.
Sep 21, 2020
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