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DNA test for predicting risk of leukaemia relapse
A group of Canadian and Korean scientists and physicians have developed the first DNA-based test…
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Stress linked to more advanced disease in some leukaemia patients
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who feel more stress also have more cancer cells…
Blood cancer patients benefit from breakthrough genetic testing service
Cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology has been used by QUT researchers at the new Australian Translational…
Increased risk of myeloid blood cancers in relatives of patients
The largest ever study of its type is the first to definitively show an increased…
Comprehensive paediatric CAR T guidelines developed
Almost one year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of chimeric antigen…
CAR-T therapy works for some blood cancers, but can we make it work for brain tumours?
Peter Abel, University of Central Lancashire A powerful new anti-cancer therapy, called CAR-T, has shown…
Researchers map ‘family trees’ of acute myeloid leukemia
For the first time, a team of international researchers has mapped the family trees of…
Taming a fatal blood cancer
When a dangerous defect on chromosome 11q23 disrupts the genetic programming of blood cells, it…
Patients could be spared life-long leukaemia treatment, clinical trial finds
People with a slow developing type of blood cancer may be able to safely come…
Modern blood cancer treatments require new approach for monitoring, reporting side effects
Treatment changes including the advent of targeted and immune therapies have dramatically improved survival for…