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Malays J Med Sci    

The Socio-Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Quality of Life among Patients with Haematological Cancer in a Large Government Hospital in Malaysia.

Priscilla D, Hamidin A, Azhar MZ, Noorjan K, Salmiah MS, Bahariah K

Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

The paper examined the quality of life of haematological cancer patients according to their socio-demographic profiles and clinical diagnoses.... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 3  

Anti-thrombin-III reduction and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). New insight into PRES pathophysiology.

Piccin A, Dossi RC, Cassibba V, Stupnner S, Bonatti G, Cortelazzo S

Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Maurizio Regional Hospital, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, apiccin@gmail.com.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

Malays J Med Sci    

The Socio-Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Quality of Life among Patients with Haematological Cancer in a Large Government Hospital in Malaysia.

Priscilla D, Hamidin A, Azhar MZ, Noorjan K, Salmiah MS, Bahariah K

Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

The paper examined the quality of life of haematological cancer patients according to their socio-demographic profiles and clinical diagnoses.... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 3  

Anti-thrombin-III reduction and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). New insight into PRES pathophysiology.

Piccin A, Dossi RC, Cassibba V, Stupnner S, Bonatti G, Cortelazzo S

Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Maurizio Regional Hospital, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, apiccin@gmail.com.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Cerebrospinal Fluid IL-6, TNF-a and MCP-1 in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia during Chemotherapy.

Protas PT, Holownia A, Muszynska-Roslan K, Wielgat P, Krawczuk-Rybak M, Braszko JJ

Department of Clinical Pharmacology.

The aim of the study was to investigate the levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines during chemotherapy of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). ... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Parental Prenatal Smoking and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Milne E, Greenop KR, Scott RJ, Bailey HD, Attia J, Dalla-Pozza L, de Klerk NH, Armstrong BK

The association between parental smoking and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was investigated in an Australian population-based c... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Myelodysplastic syndrome in a child with 15q24 deletion syndrome.

Narumi Y, Shiohara M, Wakui K, Hama A, Kojima S, Yoshikawa K, Amano Y, Kosho T, Fukushima Y

Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. ynarumi@shinshu-u.ac.jp.

15q24 deletion syndrome is a recently-described chromosomal disorder, characterized by developmental delay, growth deficiency, distinct facial feature... Read More

Source: PubMed

Epigenetics    

History of Parvovirus B19 infection is associated with a DNA methylation signature in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Vasconcelos GM, Christensen BC, Houseman EA, Xiao J, Marsit CJ, Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Karagas MR, Nelson HH, Wrensch MR, Kelsey KT, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Wiemels JL

Programa de Hematologia e Oncologia Pediátricas, Centro de Pesquisa, Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; University of California in San Francisco; San Francisc, CA USA.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) likely has a multistep etiology, with initial genetic aberrations occurring early in life. An abnormal immune respo... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Oral health status in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Javed F, Utreja A, Bello Correa FO, Al-Askar M, Hudieb M, Qayyum F, Al-Rasheed A, Almas K, Al-Hezaimi K

Eng. A.B. Research Chair for Growth Factors and Bone Regeneration, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Leukemia is a malignancy of the bone marrow. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy and accounts for nearly 75% of... Read More

Source: PubMed

Cancer Genet    

Double CEBPE-IGH rearrangement due to chromosome duplication and cryptic insertion in an adult with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Pierini V, Nofrini V, La Starza R, Barba G, Vitale A, Di Raimondo F, Matteucci C, Crescenzi B, Elia L, Gorello P, Storlazzi CT, Mecucci C

Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

In an adult case of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with a complex karyotype, both chromosomes 14 were involved in unbalanced rearrangemen... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Synergistic activity of rapamycin and dexamethasone in vitro and in vivo in acute lymphoblastic leukemia via cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis.

Zhang C, Ryu YK, Chen TZ, Hall CP, Webster DR, Kang MH

Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA; Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Activation of the mTOR pathway subsequent to phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mutation may be associated with glucocorticoid (GC) resistance in a... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Fatigue in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia in Japan.

Nagai A, Ning Z, Kubota M, Kojima C, Adachi S, Usami I, Okada M, Tanizawa A, Hamahata K, Matsubara K, Higuchi M, Imaizumi M

Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Fukui University Hospital, Fukui, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Red Cross Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University Hospital, Nara, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Miyagi, Japa.

Background: Fatigue in cancer survivors is a serious problem in pediatric oncology. However, reports on this issue are limited, especially in Asian c... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Cerebrospinal Fluid IL-6, TNF-a and MCP-1 in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia during Chemotherapy.

Protas PT, Holownia A, Muszynska-Roslan K, Wielgat P, Krawczuk-Rybak M, Braszko JJ

Department of Clinical Pharmacology.

The aim of the study was to investigate the levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines during chemotherapy of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). ... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Parental Prenatal Smoking and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Milne E, Greenop KR, Scott RJ, Bailey HD, Attia J, Dalla-Pozza L, de Klerk NH, Armstrong BK

The association between parental smoking and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was investigated in an Australian population-based c... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Myelodysplastic syndrome in a child with 15q24 deletion syndrome.

Narumi Y, Shiohara M, Wakui K, Hama A, Kojima S, Yoshikawa K, Amano Y, Kosho T, Fukushima Y

Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. ynarumi@shinshu-u.ac.jp.

15q24 deletion syndrome is a recently-described chromosomal disorder, characterized by developmental delay, growth deficiency, distinct facial feature... Read More

Source: PubMed

Epigenetics    

History of Parvovirus B19 infection is associated with a DNA methylation signature in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Vasconcelos GM, Christensen BC, Houseman EA, Xiao J, Marsit CJ, Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Karagas MR, Nelson HH, Wrensch MR, Kelsey KT, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Wiemels JL

Programa de Hematologia e Oncologia Pediátricas, Centro de Pesquisa, Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; University of California in San Francisco; San Francisc, CA USA.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) likely has a multistep etiology, with initial genetic aberrations occurring early in life. An abnormal immune respo... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Oral health status in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Javed F, Utreja A, Bello Correa FO, Al-Askar M, Hudieb M, Qayyum F, Al-Rasheed A, Almas K, Al-Hezaimi K

Eng. A.B. Research Chair for Growth Factors and Bone Regeneration, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Leukemia is a malignancy of the bone marrow. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy and accounts for nearly 75% of... Read More

Source: PubMed

Cancer Genet    

Double CEBPE-IGH rearrangement due to chromosome duplication and cryptic insertion in an adult with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Pierini V, Nofrini V, La Starza R, Barba G, Vitale A, Di Raimondo F, Matteucci C, Crescenzi B, Elia L, Gorello P, Storlazzi CT, Mecucci C

Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

In an adult case of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with a complex karyotype, both chromosomes 14 were involved in unbalanced rearrangemen... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Synergistic activity of rapamycin and dexamethasone in vitro and in vivo in acute lymphoblastic leukemia via cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis.

Zhang C, Ryu YK, Chen TZ, Hall CP, Webster DR, Kang MH

Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA; Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Activation of the mTOR pathway subsequent to phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mutation may be associated with glucocorticoid (GC) resistance in a... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Fatigue in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia in Japan.

Nagai A, Ning Z, Kubota M, Kojima C, Adachi S, Usami I, Okada M, Tanizawa A, Hamahata K, Matsubara K, Higuchi M, Imaizumi M

Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Fukui University Hospital, Fukui, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Red Cross Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University Hospital, Nara, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Miyagi, Japa.

Background: Fatigue in cancer survivors is a serious problem in pediatric oncology. However, reports on this issue are limited, especially in Asian c... Read More

Source: PubMed


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Posted by:  satzjeez  Posted on: 04/28/2012
DO A HEART PATIENT GET CLL OR ALL OR AML OR CML



Posted by:  Toni95(Guest)  Posted on: 08/22/2011
Non of this has helped me with my research :/ my sister has leukemia and none of the stuff above is even close!!



Posted by:  jasperkumar(Guest)  Posted on: 07/17/2010
i had ALL WEN I WAS 10. I was treated for a year and i was good for 10 years but i was diagnosed for ALL wen I WAS 20 . I was treated and i am okay now. is this possible?



Posted by:  ParisDaniels  Posted on: 04/19/2010
I think the best way to combat is to educate yourself about it. This will help you recognize the symptoms and therefore prevent the spread of cancer cells. I appreciate you sharing this to us.



Posted by:  winnie34  Posted on: 10/07/2009
my friend is experiencing a multlitude of incredibly itchy skin swellings, bumps, some of which have turned into warts as they heal. doctors have been unable to either diagnose or find a remedy. any news?




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