Oncology & Cancer
Male fertility after chemotherapy: New questions raised
A pilot study conducted by INRS researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty.
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Oncology & Cancer
Cheap drug may alleviate treatment-resistance in leukemia
A common and inexpensive drug may be used to counteract treatment resistance in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one of the most common forms of blood cancer. This is the conclusion of a study in mice and human ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Partnership with China prompts change in care for high-risk type of leukemia
Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Chinese Children's Cancer Group led the first randomized, Phase III clinical trial comparing targeted therapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) driven ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New study to diagnose children with leukemia
Scientists from the University of Granada have discovered that detecting the expression of the TCL6 gene can help diagnose a subtype of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Jan 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Research collaboration reveals promising drug candidate for treatment of blood cancers
Today, OncoTartis, Inc. and Children's Cancer Institute jointly announced the publication of two research manuscripts in a leading onco-hematological journal Leukemia, both devoted to the OncoTartis' clinical drug candidate ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors may have an elevated risk of hospitalizations
Adolescent and young adults who survived at least two years after a cancer diagnosis had nearly double the risk of being hospitalized compared with their siblings and unrelated, age-matched people without cancer, according ...
Jan 20, 2020
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Health
E-cigarette popularity on Instagram is still growing despite an FDA anti-vaping campaign
Promotional vaping Instagram posts outnumber anti-vaping content 10,000 to 1, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Communication.
Jan 22, 2020
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Genetics
Drug profiling and gene scissors open new avenues in immunotherapy
Researchers have discovered ways to boost CAR T-cell therapy. According to a study published in the Blood journal, drug profiling and the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing method have opened new avenues in the development of CAR T-cell ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Immunology
Isolating the biochemical steps that culminate in pyroptosis during CAR-T treatment
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has isolated the biochemical steps that culminate in pyroptosis during CAR-T treatment. In their paper published in the journal Science Immunology, the group ...
Medical research
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make personalized blood stem cells for use in treating leukemias, among many other uses. One way researchers have gone about this is to sample a patient's ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin B6, leukemia's deadly addiction
Scientists have discovered that Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) grows by taking advantage of the B6 vitamin to accelerate cell division. The research team from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Memorial Sloan Kettering ...
Jan 13, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Survival up for chronic lymphocytic leukemia 1995 to 2017
(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in routine care, overall survival improved from 1995 to 2017, according to a study recently published in Leukemia & Lymphoma.
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Oncology & Cancer
Elevated leukemia incidence is found in World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers
Responders who worked at the World Trade Center site after the attacks on September 11, 2001, have an increased overall cancer incidence compared to the general population, particularly in thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Closer to identifying leukemic stem cells
Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common type of leukemia in adults. It is characterized by the pathological expansion of immature cells (myeloblasts) that invade the bone marrow and expand into the blood, affecting the ...
Jan 02, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Mutations in donors' stem cells may cause problems for cancer patients
A stem cell transplant—also called a bone marrow transplant—is a common treatment for blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Such treatment can cure blood cancers but also can lead to life-threatening complications, ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Leukemia (American English) or leukaemia (British English) (from the Greek leukos λεύκος - white, and haima αίμα - blood) is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of the even broader group of diseases affecting the blood, bone marrow, heart, and lymphoid system, which are all known as hematological neoplasms. Leukemia can also cause multiple organ failure.
In 2000, approximately 256,000 children and adults around the world developed some form of leukemia, and 209,000 died from it.[citation needed]
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