Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
CML: chronic disease or life-threatening? The number of people with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a relatively small group. In ...
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Acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. The hollow inner shaft of bones ...
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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a cancer that affects the stem cells in the bone marrow that develop into white blood ...
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Leukemia: genetic causes in utero?
© fotoliaExperts from the British Cancer Institute analyzed 3 billion pieces of DNA sequences from identical twins to find the ...
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Cancer: living near a nuclear power plant does not increase the risk
A study concludes that there is no link between the proximity of nuclear power plants and the increased risk of ...
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Killer cells to fight childhood leukemia
© selvanegraWhat if the most effective means of fighting cancer cells were already in our body?If the idea seems a ...
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Passive exposure to benzene increases the risk of lymphoma
An American study shows that living near factories that release benzene increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Living near industries ...
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Leukemia: a treatment encapsulated in red blood cells
© FuseSome treatments used against cancer can cause side effects that are difficult for patients to endure. In the case ...
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Acute leukemia: planned for 2016, a new drug attacks cancer cells
© iStockThe pharmaceutical company Erytech has just announced in a press release that his new medication Graspa had given positive ...
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Leukemia: cell aging, a treatment path
© istockMore is known about the healing process for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a rare form of blood cancer. Leukemias are ...
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Leukemia: a computer capable of diagnosing it
© iStockphoto Brittany Wenger, a student from Sarasota, Florida created a "artificial neural network"able to find patterns of genetic profiles ...
Read morePrevent leukemia with oranges and bananas?
December 13, 2004 - Putting oranges and bananas on baby's menu during the first two years of life would help ...
Read morePregnancy, electromagnetic fields and leukemia
October 31, 2003 - Pregnant women regularly exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are twice as likely to give birth to ...
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Growing up near a nuclear power plant does not increase the risk of leukemia
© iStock A British study by the British Childhood Cancer Research Center was set up to understand the links between ...
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Little girl with leukemia saved by AIDS virus
By reprogramming killer cells of the immune system with the AIDS virus, doctors managed to save a 6-year-old girl from ...
Read moreFolic acid would prevent leukemia
May 14, 2003 - In addition to reducing neural tube defects in the fetus, folic acid is also believed to ...
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Childhood scans increase cancer risk
The irradiation delivered in childhood by 2 or 3 brain scans triples the risk of brain cancer. And it takes ...
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Leukemia: twice as many cases near power plants
A team from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), under the responsibility of Dr Jacqueline Clavel, responsible ...
Read moreRisk of childhood leukemia doubles with chronic exposure to high magnetic fields
Jan. 10, 2001 - According to researchers from the Epidemiology Department of the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the ...
Read moreAlternative treatment for acute promyeloblastic leukemia
January 19, 1999 - After two Chinese research studies suggested that arsenic trioxide could induce complete remission in patients with ...
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