Whole-Genome Sequencing Emerging for Routine Cancer Care
Almost 20 years after the human genome was first mapped, whole-genome sequencing might finally be ready to enter routine cancer
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Study identifies genetic tendency in leukemia cells
Scientists have identified a way of predicting early whether patients will develop a common type of leukemia, based on their
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Larger panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia
A gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose
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Leukemia and Childhood Infection Hypothesis
Leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancers, with a prevalence rate of 10 – 45 per 100,0000 children
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Immunotherapy drug improves outcomes for some children with relapsed leukemia
New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for
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Overstuffed cancer cells may have an Achilles’ heel
In a study using yeast cells and data from cancer cell lines, Johns Hopkins University scientists report they have found
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Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it
Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other cancer
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Breast cancer may be likelier to spread to bone with nighttime dim-light exposure
Exposure to dim light at night, which is common in today’s lifestyle, may contribute to the spread of breast cancer
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How ‘sleeper cell’ cancer stem cells are maintained in chronic myelogenous leukemia
Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These drugs are highly effective and lead
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Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug
Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now have only been
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