'My baby battled leukaemia thanks to kindness of forty life-saving blood donors'
EXCLUSIVE: A mother whose daughter fought a rare cancer has thanked the 40 people who saved her life with blood transfusions. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Devastated family say their teen boy died from leukemia just a day after diagnosis
Sixteen-year-old high school athlete Kyle Limper, from Pennsylvania, died within 24 hours of being diagnosed with leukemia. Doctors said this may have been because the cancer was hard to spot. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blinatumomab Safe, Efficacious for Infants With KMT2A-Rearranged Leukemia
THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 -- For infants younger than 1 year of age with newly diagnosed KMT2A-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a bispecific T-cell engager molecule targeting CD19, blinatumomab, is safe and has a high level of efficacy,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Asbestos-Contaminated Debris Found After Indiana Warehouse Fire
Debris contaminated with asbestos was found in school yards, playgrounds, day cares and private residences following a large fire at a former recycling plant in Indiana earlier this month.
The cancer-causing substance, once widely used in insulation material prior to the 1980s, rained down on some parts of Richmond, Indiana, and nearby Ohio during the blaze.
“Due to the weightless nature of the substance, these materials were lifted into the air as the smoke rose and fell back to the ground as debris,” according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “It is essential not to remove or disturb any debris bel...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 26, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Source Type: news
Blinatumomab Plus Chemo Effective in Aggressive Infant ALL
(MedPage Today) -- Adding a postinduction course of blinatumomab (Blincyto) to chemotherapy appeared safe and highly effective for treating an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants, according to results from a phase II... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - April 26, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Frontline CLL Therapy: Avoiding Adverse Events Frontline CLL Therapy: Avoiding Adverse Events
Second-generation Bruton ' s tyrosine kinase inhibitors are a great frontline option for most, if not all, patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), owing to their improved toxicity profiles.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Stem cell donor needed for St Austell girl, 4, with leukaemia
Poppy, from Cornwall, has a rare form of leukaemia and is undergoing treatment in Bristol. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Risk of Relapse Increased With Extreme Poverty in Children With Leukemia
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- For children receiving maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), those living in extreme poverty have increased risk of relapse, according to a study published online April 17 in Blood.
Aman Wadhwa,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Cancer Risk Increased With Exposure to Four or More CT Scans by Age 18
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Exposure to four or more computed tomography (CT) scans before age 18 years is associated with increased risk of subsequent intracranial tumors, leukemia, and lymphoma, according to a study published online April 24 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How Many CT Scans Are Safe for Kids?
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Getting a single CT scan during childhood doesn ’t appear to increase a child ' s risk of a future brain tumor, leukemia or lymphoma, new research finds, but getting four or more scans more than doubles the chances.
CT scans... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Relapsed CLL: New Approaches Prolong Survival Relapsed CLL: New Approaches Prolong Survival
Experts discuss treatment options for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 20, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Woman diagnosed with leukaemia after feeling breathless and finding a lump in her groin
The previously active mum was able to complete the London Marathon on the one-year anniversary of being told she was in remission. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 Myths About Kidney Cancer, Debunked
Kidney cancer may well be the least-known common cancer in the U.S. An estimated 81,800 new cases will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2022, the disease was the eighth most common cancer, occurring more frequently than leukemia and thyroid cancer. Yet, when people are diagnosed, their reaction is often, “I didn’t even know you could get cancer of the kidneys,” says Dr. Alice C. Fan, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif.
Humans have two fist-sized kidneys (shaped like the eponymous b...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Grandfather, 73, suffered unexplained nosebleeds and ulcers prior to leukaemia diagnosis
He was told he had just two weeks to live unless treatment started immediately. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Berkshire woman raises awareness of acute myeloid leukaemia
Mary Forester says in retrospect there were some red flags but they were all easily explained away. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
