News tagged with minimal residual disease
Study finds more than 100 gene variations linked with response to leukemia treatment
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's Oncology Group (COG) have discovered in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) scores of inherited genetic variations that clinicians might ...
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Native American ancestry linked to greater risk of relapse in young leukemia patients
The first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of relapse in young leukemia patients. The ...
Feb 06, 2011 |
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Intensive chemotherapy can dramatically boost survival of older teenage leukemia patients
More effective risk-adjusted chemotherapy and sophisticated patient monitoring helped push cure rates to nearly 88 percent for older adolescents enrolled in a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Nanotechnology brings personalized therapy one step closer to reality
A novel technology can make nanoscale protein measurements, which scientists can use in clinical trials to learn how drugs work.
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Study shows ozone and nicotine a bad combination for asthma
Another reason for including asthma on the list of potential health risks posed by secondhand tobacco smoke, especially for non-smokers, has been uncovered. Furthermore, the practice of using ozone to remove ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Smarter use of existing treatment helps dramatically boost survival of young AML patients
More individualized therapy and better supportive care helped push the survival for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to 71 percent three years after diagnosis, according to new research led by St. Jude Children's ...
May 10, 2010 |
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Pitt pharmacologists go on a molecular fishing trip and hook prize catch
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine went on a molecular fishing trip and netted a catch of new mediators that not only can explain how omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation, but also hint at novel ...
May 02, 2010 |
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Team zeroes in on better way to predict prognosis in pediatric leukemia patients
Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center may have found a way to more accurately predict treatment outcomes in young leukemia patients using information ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Researchers quantify benefits of minimally invasive removal of hard-to-reach tumors
A minimally invasive endoscopic procedure holds promise for safely removing large brain tumors from an area at the bottom of the skull, near the sinus cavities, clinical researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza
Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2009 |
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High-sensitivity bone marrow aspiration technology enhances leukemia cell detection
Scientists have created a viable technology to improve the detection of leukemia cells in bone marrow.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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