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 | Stem Cell Transplantation For Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
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| | Both autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation are viable treatment alternatives for the non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. The decision as to which treatment to pursue is individualized based on the... [more]
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| Targeting Leukemic Stem Cells By Bcl-2 Inhibition Shows Promise in Laboratory Studies
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| | Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found, in laboratory studies, that the experimental drug ABT-737 which has shown promise in some cancers, can destroy acute myeloi... [more]
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| Lymphoma - Leukemia Bookstore
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| | Books related to lymphoma treatment, survival and support. This site contains content for both patients and professionals.... [more]
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| Scientists Discover How T-Cell Leukemia Viruses Evade Body's Defense Mechanisms
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| | National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists have discovered how human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), which infects about 20 million people worldwide, evades being held in check by one of the bo... [more]
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| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Treatment Shows Benefit in Phase III Clinical Trial
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| | The first "antisense" drug to be tested in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) shows benefit in a phase III clinical trial for a specific subset of patients... [more]
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| Leukemia Research: Gene Study Results May Lead to New Treatments
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| | Investigators at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered previously unsuspected mutations that contribute to the formation of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common... [more]
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| Leukemia Survivors: New Study Shows Importance of Long Term Follow Up
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| | MEMPHIS, Tenn - Results from the longest follow-up study ever done of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors show the importance of long-term monitoring of former patients to identify ... [more]
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| Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Patients May Benefit from New Class of Drug
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| | Because of its harmful risk and side effects, chemotherapy may not be an option for older adults suffering from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).... [more]
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| Lymphoma Risk Increases with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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| | People infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at an increased risk of developing certain lymphomas (cancers of the lymphatic system), according to a study published in the May 8, 2007, issue of... [more]
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| Lymphoma Treatment: Study indicates that radioimmunotherapy effective over long term
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| | Ann Arbor, MI- Eight years after being treated with a new drug for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 86 percent of patients were still alive and half had not had a relapse of their disease, according to ... [more]
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| Studying Mutations in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Yields Clues for Potential New Therapies
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| | March 6, 2008: DNA mutations found in a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has a poor prognosis has led researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, ... [more]
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| Childhood leukemia survivors struggle with long-term side effects
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| | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood leukemia and childhood cancer overall, accounting for about one-fourth of all pediatric cancers. Each year about 3,000 new cases are dia... [more]
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| Leukemia News: Molecular science could further improve leukemia survival, say St. Jude researchers
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| | The dramatic increase that has occurred in the cure rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) will be difficult to replicate in older patients without considerable additional research,... [more]
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| St. Jude discovery offers new avenues to understanding an aggressive form of leukemia
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| | Finding that a combination of genetic mutations can cause an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia could lead to new cancer-fighting therapies... [more]
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| High Dose Chemotherapy Significantly Prolongs Survival for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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| | Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients ages 16 to 60 with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, show that patients... [more]
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| Variations in Gene Activity Can Predict the Survival of Patients with Lymphoma
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| | Patterns of gene activity in a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has given researchers a better understanding of factors that contribute to the survival of patients treated for the disease. Gene activity, ... [more]
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| Adult survivors of childhood leukemia have lower bone mineral density
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich - Men who survived childhood leukemia treatment into adulthood were more likely to have low bone mineral density than other adults their age, putting them at risk of osteoporosis and ... [more]
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| Gene Abnormality Found To Predict Childhood Leukemia Relapse
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| | Scientists have identified mutations in a gene that predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although the researchers caution that further research is ... [more]
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| Complications of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
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| | Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is now commonly used to treat a variety of illnesses including multiple myeloma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (see “Stem Cell Transplant” ... [more]
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| Researchers Find Abnormal Cells in the Blood Years before Leukemia is Diagnosed
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| | Researchers have shown that abnormal white blood cells can be present in patients' blood more than six years prior to the diagnosis of a chronic form of lymphocytic leukemia. This finding may lead to ... [more]
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| Stem Cell Transplantation and Radiolabeled Antibodies Used to Successfully Treat Advanced Leukemia
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| | SEATTLE – For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell ... [more]
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| Gene Mutations Reveal Potential New Targets for Treating a Type of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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| | Researchers have discovered genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. These findings provide insight into a mechanism that cancer cells ... [more]
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| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research - Results of DNA study offers clues for future treatments
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| | SAN DIEGO—The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that drive this common blood cancer, a finding that ... [more]
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| Lymphoma Research: New drug strategy attacks resistant leukemia and lymphoma
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| | In proof-of-concept studies in mice with transplanted, drug-resistant leukemia tumors, the compound alone suppressed cancer growth, and when paired with other drugs, showed synergistic anti-cancer ... [more]
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| Bone Marrow Transplants: New Research Reveals Genetic Clues to Graft Versus Host Disease
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| | SEATTLE – A team of scientists led by a bone marrow transplant researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has shed new light on why most bone marrow transplant patients who receive tissue-... [more]
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