' Remarkable' Results in Pediatric Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia'Remarkable' Results in Pediatric Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
' We felt we owed it to children ' to find a less toxic approach, say NCI researchers, who report ' radically different ' results with a new regimen.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 15, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus diagnosed using virtual bronchoscopic navigation and endobronchial ultrasonography with guide sheath and successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B
Invasive aspergillosis is a significant cause of mortality in patients with hematological malignancy. Early diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) by bronchoscopy is recommended but is often difficult to perform because of small lesion size and bleeding risk due to thrombocytopenia. A 71-year-old woman had received initial induction therapy for acute myeloid leukemia. On day 22 of chemotherapy, she had a high fever, and the chest computed tomography scan revealed a 20-mm-sized nodule with a halo sign. Bronchoscopy assisted by virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) and endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drug combination helps children with acute promyelocytic leukemia avoid conventional chemotherapy
NIH-funded clinical trial shows conventional chemotherapy can be avoided in some kids. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - November 10, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Janssen to Present the Strength and Promise of its Hematologic Malignancies Portfolio and Pipeline at ASH 2021
RARITAN, N.J., November 4, 2021 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that more than 45 company-sponsored abstracts, including 11 oral presentations, plus more than 35 investigator-initiated studies will be featured at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. ASH is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta and virtually from December 11-14, 2021.“We are committed to advancing the science and treatment of hematologic malignancies and look forward to presenting the latest research from our robust portfolio and pipeline during ASH...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 5, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news

FDA approves brexucabtagene autoleucel for relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Oncology News Burst (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - October 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Courage of the little girl in a lockdown that lasted FOUR years
Isolation has been a way of life for Rachel and her family - husband Pete and daughters Suki and Betsie - who began their own lockdown in 2017.due to Suki's acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Heartwarming moment four-year-old girl who beat leukaemia rings hospital bell
Daisy Byles, from Lowestoft in Suffolk, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in June 2019 after doctors mistakenly thought she was suffering from a cold. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Consumer Health: Childhood cancer
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about three of the most common types of cancers in children: acute lymphocytic leukemia, neuroblastoma and pediatric brain tumors. Acute lymphocytic leukemia Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It's the most common type of cancer in children, and treatments result in a good chance for a cure. Acute lymphocytic leukemia also can occur in adults, though… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 6, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

'Symptoms were things you would see in a normal baby' Ashley Cain issues advice to parents
ASHLEY CAIN and Safiyya Vorajee spoke poignantly about the loss of their child Azaylia to acute myeloid leukemia on ITV'S Lorraine on Tuesday. Ashley issued important advice about the symptoms to spot in your child. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Therapies Have Transformed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Care New Therapies Have Transformed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Care
Novel, chemotherapy-free regimens are poised to become standard of care in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - August 27, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Pharma built on Shire's old cancer business gets new FDA approval
Servier Pharmaceuticals, the Boston-based subsidiary of the French Servier Group that was built around Shire plc ’s cancer business, has scored an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a cancer drug and a related diagnostic test. The FDA on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a drug called Tibsovo, which is currently only used to treat a specific type of acute myeloid leukemia, to be used in a mutation-specific metastatic cholangiocarcinoma, a rare but aggressive cancer that attacks… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 26, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news

Why giving blood could help save cancer patients
Melody, 44, had suspected that her son Andrew Berthoud had chickenpox. It was acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and he needed chemotherapy and 22 blood transfusions. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Better CNS Control in Children With ALL:'Goldilocks' Approach Better CNS Control in Children With ALL:'Goldilocks' Approach
Treatment of central nervous system involvement in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia needs to be based on risk, say experts.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - August 9, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Duration of Maintenance Therapy Studied in Childhood ALL
MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 -- For patients with low-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the omission of seven pulses of therapy with vincristine and oral dexamethasone during the second year of maintenance therapy might not worsen treatment... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 2, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Inotuzumab ozogamicin cost effective for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Sweden and Norway
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - August 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news