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Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing second
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge found that in children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some ch
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New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 28 (ANI): During a recent study Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in children.
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Researchers find new genetic target for blood cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], April 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute found that a specific genetic mutation, which is linked with poor prognosis in blood cancer, is involved in the development of the disease when combined with other mutations in mice and human cell lines.
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Researchers find avocado may offer route to leukemia treatment
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Guelph [Canada], April 30 (ANI): A new University of Guelph study suggests that a compound in avocados may ultimately offer a route to better leukaemia treatment.
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Avocado may offer better leukemia treatment, study affirms
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 29 (ANI): A compound in avocados may ultimately offer a route to better leukaemia treatment, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Guelph.
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Study finds how diet, exercise can improve survival for leukemia patients
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 4 (ANI): A study led by researchers at UCLA and Children's Hospital Los Angeles shows that a low-calorie diet and mild regular exercise can improve the survival rate of overweight children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for treatment of leukaemia.
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Researchers find strategy to reduce treatment-related complication for blo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds light on preventing a treatment-related complication of blood stem cell transplantation for blood cance
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Existing antidepressant helps to inhibit growth of cancer cells in lab ani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): New research has shown that the antidepressant sertraline helps to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. The substance acts on a metabolic addiction that allows different types of cancer to grow.
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New research on blood cancer raises new treatment hopes
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], June 20 (ANI): A new research from QIMR Berghofer has identified an early genetic change in blood and bone marrow cells paves the way for the development of some blood cancers.
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Blood cancer find raises new treatment hopes
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], June 16 (ANI): New QIMR Berghofer research has identified how an early genetic change in blood and bone marrow cells paves the way for the development of some blood cancers.
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Study focuses on assessing cancer diagnosis in children with birth defects
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): Scientific studies suggest that children with birth defects are at increased risk of cancer. However, it has not been assessed whether the type of cancer, the age at which they are diagnosed or the extent of cancer spread at the time of diagnosis, is diff
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RGCON 2020 focussed on Hemato-oncology update
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): RGCON 2020, the 19th Annual International Conference of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre to be held in New Delhi from February 7 to 9, 2020, is focused on an all-important aspect of Hemato-oncology update.
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