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Therapy-Linked Blood Cancer Rising In Japan After Breast Cancer Treatment, Study Warns
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A population-based study in Japan has revealed a gradual increase in the rates of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (tAML) in recent years, especially after breast cancer treatment, a study showed on Monday.
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Japan Approves Stem-Cell Treatment For Parkinson's In World First
Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected.
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Meet Robin, Robot That Acts Like 7-Year-Old To Help Patients In Hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehans 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Childrens Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.
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What Happens When Leukemia Relapses: Highlighting The Role Of Bispecific Antibodies
Relapse in leukemia is challenging, but treatments like bispecific antibodies are changing the game.
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In A First, Woman Reported Cured Of HIV After Bone Marrow Transplant
A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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World Cancer Day 2019: What Is Childhood Cancer? What Are The Symptoms? Know All This And More By A Top Oncologist
The common cancers of childhood are blood cancers (leukemia), lymph cancers (lymphoma), brain cancers, muscle/bone cancers (sarcoma) and tumours of kidney (Wilms tumour)
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FDA Approves New Drug For Leukemia
AML is a rapidly progressing cancer that crowds out normal cells in the bone marrow and bloodstream, resulting in low numbers of normal blood cells and a continuous need for transfusions, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Leukemia: 7 Important Symptoms In Children Leukemia
"Symptoms of leukemia can be a variable spectrum. But there are certain common symptoms of this disease which are persistent in 95% of the patients," says Dr. Gaurav Kharya.
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Kerala HC Issues Notice To Regional Cancer Centre
The Kerala High Court on Monday summoned notice to the Regional Cancer Centre(RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram as well as the State government in response to a writ petition on behalf of the father of a nine-year-old girl, a leukemia patient who had earlier tested positive for HIV after getting a series of blood transfusion at the RCC.
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Ohio Teen Zaps Cop With Stun Gun To Fulfill Bucket-List Wish
Police in central Ohio have helped a teenage leukemia patient cross off a bucket-list item that was seriously shocking: She wanted to use a stun gun on someone.
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Artificial Intelligence Used To Detect Rare Leukemia Type In Japan
Japanese doctors have for the first time used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient's life as the disease had gone undetected using conventional methods.
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New Class Of Drug Raises Hope For Blood Cancer Patients
Results of a recent clinical study have shown that an anti-cancer drug that triggers cell death in various tumour types, may have clinical potential for some blood cancers including mantel cell lymphoma (MCL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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New Drug Found More Effective for Chronic Leukemia Patients
Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of slow-growing blood cancer, may have a better alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, results of a phase three clinical trial show.
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Marital Status Can Impact Leukemia Patients' Survival
Social factors such as marital status, insurance status, and income may affect the chances of survival in young patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
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Going Viral: 4-Year-Old Leukemia Patient 'Marries' Her Favourite Nurse
A four-year-old leukemia patient just had the "best day ever". She got to 'marry' her favourite nurse at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancers at Albany Medical Center.
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Therapy-Linked Blood Cancer Rising In Japan After Breast Cancer Treatment, Study Warns
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A population-based study in Japan has revealed a gradual increase in the rates of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (tAML) in recent years, especially after breast cancer treatment, a study showed on Monday.
-
Japan Approves Stem-Cell Treatment For Parkinson's In World First
Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected.
-
Meet Robin, Robot That Acts Like 7-Year-Old To Help Patients In Hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehans 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Childrens Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.
-
What Happens When Leukemia Relapses: Highlighting The Role Of Bispecific Antibodies
Relapse in leukemia is challenging, but treatments like bispecific antibodies are changing the game.
-
In A First, Woman Reported Cured Of HIV After Bone Marrow Transplant
A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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World Cancer Day 2019: What Is Childhood Cancer? What Are The Symptoms? Know All This And More By A Top Oncologist
The common cancers of childhood are blood cancers (leukemia), lymph cancers (lymphoma), brain cancers, muscle/bone cancers (sarcoma) and tumours of kidney (Wilms tumour)
-
FDA Approves New Drug For Leukemia
AML is a rapidly progressing cancer that crowds out normal cells in the bone marrow and bloodstream, resulting in low numbers of normal blood cells and a continuous need for transfusions, reports Xinhua news agency.
-
Leukemia: 7 Important Symptoms In Children Leukemia
"Symptoms of leukemia can be a variable spectrum. But there are certain common symptoms of this disease which are persistent in 95% of the patients," says Dr. Gaurav Kharya.
-
Kerala HC Issues Notice To Regional Cancer Centre
The Kerala High Court on Monday summoned notice to the Regional Cancer Centre(RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram as well as the State government in response to a writ petition on behalf of the father of a nine-year-old girl, a leukemia patient who had earlier tested positive for HIV after getting a series of blood transfusion at the RCC.
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Ohio Teen Zaps Cop With Stun Gun To Fulfill Bucket-List Wish
Police in central Ohio have helped a teenage leukemia patient cross off a bucket-list item that was seriously shocking: She wanted to use a stun gun on someone.
-
Artificial Intelligence Used To Detect Rare Leukemia Type In Japan
Japanese doctors have for the first time used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient's life as the disease had gone undetected using conventional methods.
-
New Class Of Drug Raises Hope For Blood Cancer Patients
Results of a recent clinical study have shown that an anti-cancer drug that triggers cell death in various tumour types, may have clinical potential for some blood cancers including mantel cell lymphoma (MCL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
-
New Drug Found More Effective for Chronic Leukemia Patients
Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of slow-growing blood cancer, may have a better alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, results of a phase three clinical trial show.
-
Marital Status Can Impact Leukemia Patients' Survival
Social factors such as marital status, insurance status, and income may affect the chances of survival in young patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
-
Going Viral: 4-Year-Old Leukemia Patient 'Marries' Her Favourite Nurse
A four-year-old leukemia patient just had the "best day ever". She got to 'marry' her favourite nurse at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancers at Albany Medical Center.
