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Long-term complications after ALL minimal, study shows

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Publish date: June 25, 2014

Credit: Bill Branson Children recently diagnosed with standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are likely to have few long-term complicatio...

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Team reports new method of chemo delivery

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Publish date: June 25, 2014

Researchers have devised a novel way to deliver chemotherapy drugs “on demand,” according to a paper published in Proceedings of the Natio...

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Team reports new method of chemo delivery

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Publish date: June 25, 2014

Credit: Kathy Atkinson Researchers have devised a novel way to deliver chemotherapy drugs “on demand,” according to a paper published in Proceeding...

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Predicting problems in families of cancer patients

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Publish date: June 25, 2014

Credit: Rhoda Baer A new analysis suggests family dysfunction is the greatest predictor of emotional and behavioral problems among children who hav...

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Low-dose T-cell transfer can fight CMV

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Publish date: June 24, 2014

CMV infection A new study indicates that transferring low doses of immune cells may be sufficient to protect against cytomegalovirus (CMV) infectio...

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Tool may predict cancer patients’ risk of financial stress

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Publish date: June 24, 2014

patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer A new questionnaire can measure a cancer patient’s risk for financial stress, according to a paper publi...

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Engineered protein targets EBV lymphoma

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Publish date: June 24, 2014

Credit: Ed Uthman Preclinical research suggests a newly engineered protein can suppress tumor growth and extend survival in a mouse model of lympho...

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Treating HIV+ lymphoma patients

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Publish date: June 23, 2014

©ASCO/Brian Powers CHICAGO—Hepatitis C reactivation does not worsen survival outcomes for HIV-positive patients diagnosed with lymphoma, new resear...

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FDA warns of VTE related to testosterone products

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Publish date: June 22, 2014

Credit: Kevin MacKenzie The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking additional action to warn the public about the risk of venous thromboem...

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Lipid instigates leukemic cell death

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Publish date: June 21, 2014

Scientists say they’ve identified a tumor-associated lipid that successfully stimulates T cells to kill leukemia cells in vitro and in vivo. The te...

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How genetics, race affect clopidogrel outcomes

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Publish date: June 20, 2014

Credit: Robert Boston Washington University New research helps explain the higher risk of death observed among some patients taking the anticoagul...

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Restoring gene function can ‘reverse’ B-ALL

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Publish date: June 20, 2014

and Ross Dickins, PhD Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Results of preclinical research suggest B-progenitor acute lymp...

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Eltrombopag meets primary endpoint in children with ITP

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Publish date: June 19, 2014

Credit: Logan Tuttle MILAN—Eltrombopag can elicit consistent platelet responses in children with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to resear...

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Thrombolytics decrease death, increase bleeding in PE, group finds

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Publish date: June 19, 2014

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Defect promotes CNS invasion of ALL in mice

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Publish date: June 19, 2014

Credit: Aaron Logan Researchers say they’ve uncovered a genetic defect in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells that promotes their invasion of ...