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Second cancers deadlier in young patients
Second cancers in children and adolescents and young adults (AYA) are far deadlier than they…
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Long read: The life-saving treatment that’s being thrown in the trash
Diagnosed with leukaemia in his early 40s, Chris Lihosit was saved by umbilical cord blood from three…
AACR 2017: Durability of CAR T cell therapy response may depend on pretreatment disease burden in leukaemia patients
Although most patients with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) experienced complete response after treatment…
AML study correlates gene mutations with 34 disease subgroups
A large, new study of adults with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) correlates 80 cancer-related gene…
World-first liquid biopsy for blood cancers promises less invasive, more precise and effective treatments
12,000+ Australians diagnosed with blood cancers each year could soon have access to a simple…
How big data is being mobilised in the fight against leukaemia
Lorna Jackson, University of Glasgow and Lisa Hopcroft, University of Glasgow Healthy cell function relies…
Hodgkin lymphoma survivors at high risk of second cancers
Patients who are cured of Hodgkin lymphoma are at a high risk of developing a…
Cancer-causing benzene found in e-cigarette vapours operated at high power
Significant levels of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors can form when the devices are operated…
Early deaths from childhood cancer up to 4 times more common than previously reported
Treatments for childhood cancers have improved to the point that 5-year survival rates are over…
Combination of ground-breaking treatments offer powerful new path for blood cancer therapies
Researchers have identified for the first time how a new class of epigenetic drug engages with…