Archive for the 'Lymphoma / Leukemia' Category
Inherited Risk Factors For Childhood Leukemia Are More Common In Hispanic Patients
Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists has pinpointed genetic factors behind the grim statistics…
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No commentsLeukemia Cells Are “Bad To The Bone”
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia. The research, led by graduate student Benjamin J. Frisch in the James P…
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No commentsA Leukemia Drug Kills Cancerous T-Cells While Sparing Normal Immunity
Leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (L-CTCL) is a leukemia arising from T-cells, a type of white blood cell. This cancer can involve the skin and other organs, and patients often die within three years. Rachael A…
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No commentsBreast Cancers And Leukemias Slowed By A Single Therapy
Targeting a single protein can help fight both breast cancers and leukemias, according to two reports published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The single protein is HSP90, which acts as a chaperone to protect other proteins in the cell…
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No commentsQuality Of Life Issues For Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Although significant progress has been made in treating chronic myeloid leukemia, the disease cannot yet be eliminated in all patients, and that challenge must be addressed, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).). Likening the journey to find a cure for chronic myeloid leukemia as a marathon, cancer expert Dr…
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No commentsIn Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study Pinpoints And Plugs Mechanism Of Cancer Cell Escape
A study published this week in the journal Leukemia identifies a mechanism that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells use to evade chemotherapy – and details how to close this escape route…
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No commentsPotential New Approach For Treating Graft-Versus-Host-Disease Provided By Natural Enzyme
A natural enzyme derived from human blood plasma showed potential in significantly reducing the effects of graft-vs.-host disease, a common and deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplants. Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center looked at the drug alpha-1-antitrypsin, which is approved by the U.S…
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No commentsNew Achilles Heel In Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Identified By Cell Death Researchers
Melbourne researchers have discovered that acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer with poor prognosis, may be susceptible to medications that target a protein called Mcl-1…
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No commentsStudy Published On Novel Treatment For Skin Lymphoma
Promising findings on a novel combination treatment approach for a chronic type of skin lymphoma are published in JAMA’s Archives of Dermatology by clinical researchers from Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine…
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No commentsNewly Identified Genetic Alterations In T-ALL Provide New Potential Treatment Strategies For Devastating Childhood Leukemia
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work together to cause T- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). T-ALL is an aggressive blood cancer, predominately diagnosed in children…
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