Study gives insight into how diabetes may accelerate blood cancer

When compared to people without diabetes, those with multiple myeloma, a blood malignancy of plasma cells in the...

'Stem cell therapy useful against relapsing multiple sclerosis' 

Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or aHSCT for short, is typically used to treat blood cancers...

Study finds obesity, weight loss, hematopoietic cancer are linked

Previous studies found that having a weight problem increases your risk of developing certain types of cancer. It is...

Lower haematological cancer risk after bariatric surgery: Study

Previous research revealed that being overweight or obese is a risk factor for various forms of cancer. It is also...

New approach to predict resistance against cancer therapy: Study 

The most prevalent form of blood cancer in Singapore and the world, diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), has been...

Children with acute lymphatic leukemia show increased survival

The five-year survival rate for all children with acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL) has risen to 94 per cent. A study...

enetic mutations direct immune defences in leukaemia

A discovery that may result in novel medicines to halt or reverse the disease could be beneficial to patients with a...

Both forms of obesity increase risk of obesity-related cancer

New studies reveal that both the metabolically healthy and unhealthy 'forms' of obesity are linked to an increased...

Immunotherapy helps improve prognosis of babies with leukaemia

According to a recent clinical trial, immunotherapy is a safe and effective treatment option for infants with leukaemia

Researchers find new vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemia

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a blood cancer that causes an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Due to...

Study shows acute myeloid leukaemia's epigenetic susceptibility

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a deadly blood cancer that creates an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells....

Inflammation levels are linked to severity of blood cancer: Study

A recent study finds that severe inflammation reduces the body's ability to eliminate malignant blood cells in...