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Study gives further insight into how diabetes may accelerate blood cancer
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
When compared to people without diabetes, those with multiple myeloma, a blood malignancy of plasma cells in the bone marrow, have a worse overall survival rate. According to a study published today in Blood Advances, this difference in survival related to diabetes was detected in white pati
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Stem cell therapy may lower progression of relapsing multiple sclerosis: S
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or aHSCT for short, is typically used to treat blood cancers and involves collecting stem cells from the patient's own bone marrow or blood, followed by chemotherapy and antibody treatment
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Study finds how obesity, weight loss, hematopoietic cancer are linked
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Previous studies found that having a weight problem increases your risk of developing certain types of cancer. It is also well-known that women who are obese have higher cancer risk than males do, and that risk declines with deliberate weight loss. However, there is little proof that obesity
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Study finds lower haematological cancer risk after bariatric surgery
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Previous research revealed that being overweight or obese is a risk factor for various forms of cancer. It is also known that obese women are more likely to develop cancer than their male counterparts, and the risk level reduces with intentional weight loss. However, there is limited evidenc
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Researchers discover new approach for predicting resistance against cancer
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The most prevalent form of blood cancer in Singapore and the world, diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), has been linked to an unusual combination of oncogenes that may predict treatment resistance and consequently unfavourable outcomes in patients. This research was conducted by a team fr
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Five-year survival rate for children with acute lymphatic leukemia has inc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The five-year survival rate for all children with acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL) has risen to 94 per cent. A study of 800 Dutch youngsters demonstrates this. Modified treatment procedures for four subgroups were investigated in the research. The changes were discovered to have a favourable
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Genetic mutations direct immune defences in leukaemia linked rare bone mar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A discovery that may result in novel medicines to halt or reverse the disease could be beneficial to patients with a rare genetic bone marrow problem who are at an elevated risk of blood malignancies.
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Study: Both metabolically healthy, unhealthy forms of obesity increase ris
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New studies reveal that both the metabolically healthy and unhealthy 'forms' of obesity are linked to an increased risk of several obesity-related cancers, with the association being more potent in metabolically unhealthy obesity. The studies were published in the Journal of the National Can
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Study finds how immunotherapy helps improve prognosis of babies with leuka
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a recent clinical trial, immunotherapy is a safe and effective treatment option for infants with leukaemia
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Researchers find new epigenetic vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a blood cancer that causes an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Due to the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers all over the world have been looking for new ways to treat AML while still allowing normal blood development to occur.
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Study shows acute myeloid leukaemia's epigenetic susceptibility
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a deadly blood cancer that creates an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Because of the bad outcomes of this disease, experts all over the world have been looking for novel strategies to treat AML while still allowing for normal blood development.
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Inflammation levels are linked to severity of blood cancer: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A recent study finds that severe inflammation reduces the body's ability to eliminate malignant blood cells in persons with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
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