More Leukemia & Bone Cancer News

• Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- French doctors have reported a possible new side effect associated ...

• New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice

  May 16 (HealthDay News) A treatment that uses natural killer (NK) immune system cells from ...

• Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Breakthroughs in understanding the extremely fine genetic underpinnings of acute ...

• Green Tea, Mushroom Extract Combo Slows Sarcomas

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the active ingredients in reishi mushrooms and ...

• Treanda Treats Rare Cancer

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- The Cephalon drug Treanda (bendamustine hydrochloride) has been approved by ...

• Gleevec May Disrupt Ovarian Function

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although it's a much more targeted treatment than standard chemotherapy, ...

• Cancer Death Rates Still Declining

  Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: ...

• Sorafenib Slows Growth of Some Leukemias

  Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The drug sorafenib shows promise in the treatment of people ...

• Study Gets Closer to Origins of Leukemia

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- By studying blood cells in a young pair of twins, ...

• Malaria Drug Promising Against Cancer

  Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A common anti-malaria drug called chloroquine can also prevent the ...

• Researchers Find Great Granddaddy of All Blood Cells

  Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The "great-grandparent" of all human blood cells has been identified ...

• Tasigna Approved for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

  Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Tasigna (nilotinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

• U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall

  Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates from cancer are dropping more quickly across the ...

• Gene Test Could Boost Myeloma Treatment

  Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Analyzing the activity of a small subset of genes may ...

• Stem Cell Therapy Disappoints Against Rare Kidney Ailment

  Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- In a disheartening result that confounds existing research, a team ...

• Mental Health Woes Strike Half of Cancer Patients

  Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Half of all people with advanced or terminal cancer suffer ...

• Use Two Drugs at Once to Beat Leukemia: Study

  August 17 (HealthDay News) -- Simultaneous treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients with a ...

• Study Tests Blood Stem Cells to Boost Immune System

  June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new method of increasing blood stem cells could one ...

• Bone Marrow May Give Rise to Blood Cancers

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Defects in bone marrow can lead to abnormal blood cells ...