Tag: Cancer: Leukemia
Treating Leukemia With Cord-Blood Transplant Looks Promising
Donors and recipients don't need to be a perfect match, researcher says
Venetoclax Monotherapy Active in AML With Adverse Features
Overall response rate 19%; additional 19% have antileukemic activity without meeting IWG criteria
Nilotinib Shows Early Promise for Parkinson’s Disease
Medication generally found safe, and study findings hint at a benefit
HSCT No Better Than Chemo in Philadelphia-Negative ALL
For patients ≥40 years, HSCT linked to lower cumulative incidence of remission, worse mortality
Microbiome Linked to Infectious Complications in AML
Gastrointestinal microbiome diversity linked to infections for patients undergoing induction chemo
Radon in the Home Linked to Hematologic Malignancies
Association seen in women, but no connection found in men
High-Dose Methotrexate Beneficial in Youth With B-ALL
Superior to Capizzi methotrexate for high-risk B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Donor Epstein-Barr Serostatus Influences GVHD After Allo-HSCT
Higher risk of acute and chronic GVHD for patients receiving grafts from seropositive donors
FDA Approves Venclexta for CLL With 17p Deletion
Drug sanctioned for chronic lymphocytic leukemia in patients with a specific chromosomal abnormality
Distress Still High After Chemo Completion in Childhood ALL
Need for targeted early screening, psychosocial interventions to help patients, families at this time
