leukemia

(American Society of Hematology) Members of the American Society of Hematology are on the front lines of dealing with the country's severe shortage of methotrexate, a drug critical in the treatment of children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

This morning the Food and Drug Administration reported that two manufacturers plan additional releases at the end of this week, at the end of February, and continuing into March, which it anticipates will meet all patient needs.

(MedPage Today) -- Matching cord blood donors and recipients on the basis of certain maternal immune cells could reduce the risk of a leukemia relapse, researchers reported.

(Penn State) A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers.

A father who believes a lack of bone marrow donors contributed to his son's death from leukemia says a federal court ruling allowing most bone marrow donors to be paid will save lives and drive down treatment costs.

Doctors cured leukemia in a few patients by altering their blood cells in an study cancer experts are calling revolutionary.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists are reporting the first clear success with gene therapy to treat leukemia, turning the patients' own blood cells into assasins that hunt down and wipe out their cancer....

New research suggests that Gleevec has transformed CML, a previously fatal leukemia, into a manageable chronic disease for many patients who take it.

While most Americans are familiar with leukemia, other blood cancers, such as multiple myeloma, remain relatively unknown.

Fifty years ago, a diagnosis of childhood leukemia meant you needed to start planning your child's funeral.

Now it's got an 85% cure rate, largely due to advances attributed to information gleaned from pediatric clinical trials.

Adding Rituxan to standard chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia raises three-year survival to 65% and is now the gold standard therapy for most patients.