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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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Low-calorie diet, mild exercise may improve survival for leukemia adolesce
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): According to a new study, overweight children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for treatment of leukemia are less successful battling the disease compared to their lean peers.
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Study reveals new drug therapy for leukemia patients
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): A clinical study by the scientists of McMaster University claims to have taken an early step towards drug therapy for acute myeloid leukemia patients.
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Study takes early step towards leukemia drug therapy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington (US), February 17 (ANI): During recent research, an important early step in developing a new class of therapeutics has been taken by a McMaster stem cell research team for patients with deadly blood cancer.
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Large Gene panel helpful in identifying cancer-causing genes
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found a gene panel that includes all genes known to potentially cause cancer. This can be readily adopted for use in clinical laboratories to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia, or AML.
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Panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): A gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia, investigators repo
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Study introduces new drug combination as ground-breaking treatment for AML
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], January 19 (ANI): A collaborative study by scientists of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and the University of Glasgow has identified two drugs that are potent against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and also administered how they effectively contribute to ca
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IU research findings could reduce treatment-related complication for blood
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center published promising findings in the New England Journal of Medicine on preventing a common complication to lifesaving blood stem cell transplantation in leukemia.
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Combination therapy to improve survival outcomes in certain patients with
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Houston [United States], August 16 (ANI): According to a recent study, a combination regimen of venetoclax and azacitidine was safe and improved overall survival (OS) over azacitidine alone in certain patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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Combination therapy improves survival outcomes in certain patients with ac
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Houston [United States], August 13 (ANI): A combination regimen of venetoclax and azacitidine was safe and improved overall survival (OS) over azacitidine alone in certain patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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2 immunotherapies combined into single, more effective treatment of cancer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 24 (ANI): Combining two immunotherapy strategies into a single therapy is more effective than either alone in treating certain blood cancers, such as leukemia, according to a new study.
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Researchers attempt new treatment approach for blood cancer
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 20 (ANI): A team of researchers, in an effort to improve the survival of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, a type of leukemia, inhibited a specific protein to decrease the number of large bone marrow cells in an experimental model.
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