Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia News

An article published online January 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute says that childhood cancer survivors who had brain or other central nervous system cancers, or l... Read more

Cells that cause a common type of childhood leukaemia have been discovered by scientists at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne in Australia. Targeting of these cell... Read more

A technical obstacle has been overcome and the first successful use of expanded umbilical-cord blood units to treat leukemia and other blood cancers has been made by scientists.

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Decitabine, a recently developed drug, might help older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an international team of researchers claim.

The drug has been found to reactiv... Read more

While a tumor's genetic profile is often useful when diagnosing and deciding on treatment for certain cancers, genetically similar leukemias in different patients do not always respond well ... Read more

A new study has shown that survivors of pancreatic cancer are at an increased risk of having high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure - all of which predispose them to heart diseas... Read more

Two well-known cancer drugs, Tarceva and Glivec, could together beat back aggressive childhood brain tumour, it has been found.

Researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Research (I... Read more

Researchers from University College London, have developed a vaccine for leukemia set to undergo human trials for the first time.

This treatment that can be used to stop ... Read more

A massive international clinical trial has been launched on neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.

Around 100 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma in the UK each year – most of... Read more

Children who survive cancer are more likely to suffer heart disease in adulthood, according to a new study.

The study showed that young adult survivors of childhood cancer are a... Read more