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View Post: Blood -- Quantitative DNA-methylation predicts survival in adult ...
10 Nov 2009 by Bullinger, L., Ehrich, M., Dohner, K.,...  
Quantitative DNA-methylation predicts survival in adult acute myeloid leukemia. Lars Bullinger1, Mathias Ehrich2,4, Konstanze Dohner1, Richard F. Schlenk1, Hartmut Dohner1, Matthew R. Nelson3 and Dirk van den Boom2 ...
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View Post: treatment of acute myeloid leukemia - Health Resources - Health ...
29 Sep 2009 by Tiny  
Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment - National Cancer Institute Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of adult acute myeloid leukemia. . Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Other Myeloid Malignancies Treatment . -> ...
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View Post: Orphan drug designation granted to voreloxin for acute myeloid ...
5 Nov 2009
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals was granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for its drug candidate, voreloxin for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). ... Elitek (rasburicase, from sanofi-aventis), a recombinant urate oxidase enzyme, has been approved for the initial management of plasma uric acid (PUA) levels in adult patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and solid tumor malignancies who are receiving anti-cancer therapy expected to result in tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) ...
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View Post: Funeral industry workers at greater leukemia risk
20 Nov 2009 by Ani  
Known commercially as Gleevec, imatinib is a pill that's used to treat some adult leukemias and gastrointestinal cancers. Developer of Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas dies after battle with leukemia. September 25th, 2009 Las Vegas' ... two new studies found. Doctors said the findings should change the standard of care for younger adults with acute myeloid leukemia, but work remains to find better treatment for the elderly, who are more likely to develop the disease. ...
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View Post: Two units of umbilical cord blood 'reduce leukemia recurrence risk ...
14 Nov 2009 by ANI  
Eighty-eight patients had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 89 had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). “Our analysis showed that patients in first or second remission from the leukaemia had a significantly lower likelihood of leukaemia ... a new drug that can destroy cancerous cells in adult leukaemia patients who have developed resistance to other treatments. Lead researcher Professor Mark Lawler, of TCD's... New therapy shows promise in treating advanced leukemia ...
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View Post: Two Units of Cord Blood Reduces Likelihood of Recurrence of ...
16 Nov 2009 by Cord Blood  
Eighty-eight patients were treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 89 were treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The analysis demonstrated that that patients in first or second remission from leukemia had a ... According to the author of the study, Dr. Michael Verneris, “Given that adult patients were more likely to receive 2 UCB units and that they tend to have more aggressive leukemias, we think that the lower relapse rate with 2 UCB units is remarkable. ...
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View Post: Expression of ABCC-Type Nucleotide Exporters in Blasts of Adult ...
27 Feb 2009 by Guo, Y., Kock, K., Ritter, CA, Chen, Z.-S.,...  
Purpose: Successful treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains a therapeutic challenge, with a high percentage of patients suffering from persistent or relapsed disease. Resistance to drug therapy can develop from increased drug ...
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View Post: News and Society Health: Terra med Alliance News Two Units of ...
24 Nov 2009
Eighty-eight patients had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 89 had acute myeloid leukemia (AML). "Our analysis showed that patients in first or second remission from the leukemia had a significantly lower likelihood of leukemia recurrence if they were ... "Given that adult patients were more likely to receive two UCB units and that they tend to have more aggressive leukemia, we think that the lower relapse rates with two UCB units is remarkable," says Verneris. ...
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View Post: GlobalTort: Save a Life - Donate Cord Blood - New Science Shows ...
15 Nov 2009 by Kirk Hartley  
"Given that adult patients were more likely to receive two UCB units and that they tend to have more aggressive leukemia, we think that the lower relapse rates with two UCB units is remarkable," says Verneris. ... This analysis was performed to identify risk factors associated with leukemia relapse following myeloablative UCB transplantation. Acute leukemia patients (n 177; 88 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 89 with acute myeloid leukemia) were treated at a single ...
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View Post: ISPUB - Adult Haematooncology Cases: A Six Year Review At Lagos ...
29 Jul 2009
Heamato-oncology could be broadly classified into four groups, namely; Acute leukemia {consisting of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic syndrome}. Myeloproliferative disorders {consisting of Chronic ...
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