Tag: Cancer: Leukemia

Polygenic score based on single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ara-C pathway genes may predict treatment outcomes

Novel prognostic index CLL-WONT identifies patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who are at low risk for ever requiring treatment

However, nonlinear association seen between night shifts and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Life challenges more negatively impacted in younger, female, relapsed patients; socializing more positively impacted in older patients

Incidence higher for men versus women, adults older than 70 years, and individuals living in high social-demographic index regions

From 2000 to 2019, overall survival progressively improved for patients with Philadelphia-positive ALL who had posttransplant relapse

Only 14 percent of hospitals that referred patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia had ATRA readily available

Vincristine and dexamethasone pulses might be eliminated during second year of treatment for children with low-risk disease

Seventy-five percent of patients achieved a best response of bone marrow-undetectable measurable residual disease remission

Survival improved across calendar periods for all age groups except for patients aged ≥70 years