Long-Term Effects of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Despite major advances in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), adult survivors face long-term health consequences. A ...
Dec 14, 2021
‘Sleeping’ cancer cells explain why childhood leukaemia returns after years of treatment
Leukaemic cancer cells can ‘go to sleep’ and thus avoid the effects of chemotherapy, sometimes for years. It turns out that whether the...
Dec 1, 2021
Risk of Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. Although advances in treatment have led to high cure rates of childhood leukemia,...
Oct 7, 2021
Study illuminates genetic understanding of aggressive childhood leukemias
New research published today in JAMA Oncology reports how two separate DNA changes appear to predict aggressive childhood leukemias when...
Aug 23, 2021
Can leukemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented?
For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers have mapped out where and how leukemia begins and develops in infants with Down...
Jul 12, 2021
New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in ...
Jun 1, 2021
New insight into when CAR T is effective against childhood leukemia
Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) studying the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapies in children ...
May 25, 2021
Scientists identify potential drug candidates for deadly pediatric leukemia
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two existing drug candidates--JAK inhibitors and...
Apr 15, 2021
Gene mutations linked to worse leukemia outcomes in Hispanic and Latino children
A combination of genetic mutations may explain the higher incidence of and poorer outcomes from pediatric leukemia in Hispanic and...
Feb 5, 2021
Promising new approach to treating some of the worst types of leukaemia
MLL-r leukaemia claims the lives of many of those affected, while those who survive are often left with serious long-term effects. Read...
Dec 12, 2019

