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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 ... from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) have discovered a new drug that can destroy cancerous cells in adult leukaemia patients who have developed resistance to other treatments.... 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: Young Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Have an Excellent ...
29 Oct 2009 by Nachman, La, Hunger, Heerema, Gaynon, Hastings,...  
Purpose Patients 16 to 21 years of age with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have an inferior outcome compared with younger children, leading some medical oncologists to advocate allogeneic stem-cell transplantation in first remission for ... Conclusion Young adult patients with ALL showing a rapid response to induction chemotherapy benefit from early intensive postinduction therapy but do not benefit from a second interim maintenance and delayed intensification phase. ...
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View Post: Leukemia Clinical Trial: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating ...
29 Oct 2009
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of combination chemotherapy and to see how well it works in treating adult patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Study Type: Interventional ...
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View Post: Gene polymorphisms in folate metabolizing enzymes in adult acute ...
30 Sep 2009 by Ongaro, A., De Mattei, M., Della Porta,...  
Design and Methods: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of polymorphisms for folate metabolizing enzymes with respect to toxicity and survival in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with ...
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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: Blood -- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults: clinical ...
14 Oct 2009 by Marks, DI, Paietta, EM, Moorman, AV, Richards,...  
The biology and outcome of adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia are poorly understood. We present here the clinical and biological features of 356 patients treated uniformly on the prospective trial (UKALL XII/ECOG 2993) with the ...
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View Post: acute lymphoblastic leukemia causes - Health Resources - Health ...
1 Oct 2009 by Tiny  
Leukemia Home Page - National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials to Treat Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia . Clinical Trials to Treat Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia. More. Prevention, Genetics, Causes . ->. acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...
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View Post: Two units of umbilical cord blood 'reduce leukemia recurrence risk'
14 Nov 2009 by Ani  
Two units of umbilical cord blood 'reduce leukemia recurrence risk'. By ANI. November 14th, 2009. WASHINGTON - If patients with acute leukaemia are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB), their risk of the disease recurrence is significantly ... “Given that adult patients were more likely to receive two UCB units and that they tend to have more aggressive leukaemia, we think that the lower relapse rates with two UCB units is remarkable,” said Verneris. ...
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View Post: U of M researchers find 2 units of umbilical cord blood reduce ...
13 Nov 2009 by BJS  
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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