More Leukemia & Bone Cancer News

• Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers

  Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming increases funeral industry ...

• Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients

  Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A drug for people with a form of leukemia holds ...

• Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue

  Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Leukemia cells can hide in fat tissue to evade chemotherapy, ...

• Treating Childhood Leukemia With Fewer Side Effects

  Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to the treatment regimen of children ...

• Molecule Helps Leukemia Cells Hide From Immune System

  July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Leukemia stem cells cleverly cloak themselves to avoid detection by ...

• For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation to the brain isn't necessary for most children with ...

• Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids

  June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified molecules that enable tumor cells to invade ...

• Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best For Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  June 9 (HealthDay News) -- For most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who come ...

• Leukemia Risk from MS Drug May Be Up

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of developing leukemia from a drug used to ...

• Scientists Gain Insight Into Blood Cancer's Progression

  February 20 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've spotted a mechanism by which chronic ...

• Signs of Leukemia Show Up Years Before Diagnosis

  February 11 (HealthDay News) -- Abnormal blood cells can appear in the blood years before ...

• In Kids, Genes May Affect Leukemia Treatment

  January 27 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic variations appear to affect the way children respond to ...

• Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

  January 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may have identified a subtype of T-lymphoblastic ...

• Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have identified a rare subtype of a ...

• Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy

  January 7 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation in leukemia cells predicts which children with acute ...

• Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab

  December 31 (HealthDay News) -- More than three-quarters of laboratory leukemia cells exposed to an ...

• Mozobil Boosts Stem Cells Before Bone Marrow Transplants

  December 19 (HealthDay News) -- The Genzyme Corp. drug Mozobil (plerixafor) has been approved by ...

• Combo Therapy Helps Multiple Myeloma Patients

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new combination of medicines designed to boost immune function ...

• Higher Chemo Drug Dose Prolongs Lives of Leukemia Patients

  December 4 (HealthDay News) -- A high dose of the chemotherapy drug daunorubicin prolonged survival ...