Oncology & Cancer
New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in children.
May 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
An area of the brain where tumor cells shelter from chemotherapy in childhood leukaemia
The stroma of the choroid plexus is one of the locations within the central nervous system (CNS) that serves as a shelter for tumor cells, allowing them to elude chemotherapy and potentially cause subsequent relapses in childhood ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Mystery about the cancer drug nelarabine solved after decades
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common kind of cancer in children. T-ALL, a subtype that resembles T-lymphocytes, can be treated successfully with the drug nelarabine. The drug has not been successful, however, ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeting stem cells: The path to curing poor-prognosis leukaemia
Researchers at Children's Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia or AML.
Jun 19, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
First major study of proteins in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried ...
Apr 26, 2019
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Medications
Leukaemia drug gets initial 'no' for NHS in England
Patients living with a specific type of leukaemia will not have access to a new treatment after it failed to win provisional recommendation for use on the NHS in England.
Mar 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
An epigenetic marker can predict survival in childhood leukaemia
A molecular epigenetic marker is important for distinguishing patients with childhood leukaemia at high and low risk of relapse even at the time of diagnosis. It can be important to adapt early on as to what treatment to ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Engineered cell therapy rejected for aggressive adult lymphoma on NHS in England
A cancer immunotherapy has been provisionally rejected as a treatment for some adults with an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma on the NHS in England.
Sep 19, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Making chemotherapy kinder for childhood leukaemia
Chemotherapy often gets a bad reputation – mainly down to the side effects it can cause.
Sep 14, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Trial to test new treatment combination for children and adults with leukaemia
A clinical trial testing a new treatment combination in patients with leukaemia launches through the Combinations Alliance, a joint initiative between Cancer Research UK and the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC) ...
May 30, 2018
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