Micafungin As Antifungal Prophylaxis during Induction Phase of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - September 21, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news
Medicare Now Covers CAR T-Cell Therapy for Approved Cancers
A promising and expensive type of immunotherapy, called CAR T-cell therapy, is now covered by Medicare.
This news may affect mesothelioma patients in the future.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR T-cell, therapy involves the laboratory reprogramming of a patient’s T cells, which are a type of white blood cell responsible for protecting the body against infection and disease. The T cells are genetically modified to better recognize and attack cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the immunotherapy procedure for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It is sti...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 19, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news
New leukaemia drug produces 'very positive results' in a trial of 'incurable' patients
Ten-year-old Austin Sweeney has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He took part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital trial in London. He is pictured with his father Scott, mother and sister. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delays in CAR T-Cell Treatment Cost Patients, Society
Delays in CAR T-cell therapy may significantly decrease gains in survival and productivity for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - August 30, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leah Lawrence Source Type: news
Overweight, Obesity May Up Early Mortality Risk in Pediatric ALL
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2019 -- For Mexican children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), overweight and obesity are predictors of early mortality, according to a study published online July 18 in BMC Cancer.
Juan Carlos N úñez-Enríquez, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 5, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Acute Leukemia | Medscape Acute Leukemia | Medscape
Acute forms of leukemia include acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as lymphoblastic lymphoma. (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Resource Center Source Type: news
Miraculous children's therapy that could finally save adults with cancer
Scott Davies, a driving instructor from Nottingham, had a form of blood cancer - acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, which affects 650 UK adults and children each year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anesthesia Tied to Neurocognitive Impairment in Childhood ALL Survivors
TUESDAY, June 25, 2019 -- Multiple exposures to general anesthesia may be associated with neurocognitive impairment and brain imaging abnormalities in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Virginia family of eight stuck in Colorado after 16-year-old son's 'mono' turned out to be leukemia
Marshall Thomas, 16, of Suffolk, Virginia, was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on Saturday in Colorado after doctors previously believe he had mononucleosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amgen Announces BLINCYTO ® (blinatumomab) Five-Year Overall Survival Data At EHA 2019
Phase 2 Single-Arm BLAST Study Shows Median Overall Survival of 36.5 Months in Patients With Minimal Residual Disease-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
More Than Half of Patients who Achieved an MRD-Negative Complete Response Still Alive at Five Years
Only CD19-Targeted Immuno-oncology Therapy With Five-Year Survival Data
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the five-year overall survival (OS) analysis from the single-arm, Phase 2 BLAST study that evaluated BLINCYTO® (blinatumomab) in patients with minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive acute lymphoblastic...
Source: Amgen News Release - June 16, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
New research paves the way for safer leukemia treatments
(Children's Cancer Institute Australia) Researchers have discovered a new, safer way to treat a type of childhood leukaemia: T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Published in Science Translational Medicine, this joint research by Children's Cancer Institute (Australia), VIB-KU Leuven and UK Dementia Research Institute, is an important breakthrough in the treatment of T-ALL. This involves drugs which inhibit the enzyme 'gamma-secretase'. Previously, these inhibitors were unsuitable for treating children because of their toxicity. This research may be the solution. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 30, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Recovery twice as hard for survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(University of Montreal) The cardiorespiratory fitness of survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is 22% worse than that general Canadian population,and genetics might play a role, an UdeM researcher finds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 29, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
SERENA LIPSCOMB got her cancer all-clear aged eight... but the physical and mental toll never ends
SERENA LIPSCOMB, now 23, was living in Essex with her mother Melanie and father Ian when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First major study of proteins in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
(Lund University) The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberrant folding in the DNA string, which in turn affects the genes' activity. The study was recently published in Nature Communications. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 25, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Model was in shape of his life when his sore throat turned out to be leukemia
William Yank, 21, from Indianapolis, Indiana, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in June 2018. It was a shock to the college student, who was a model that worked out almost everyday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
