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42 min ago | EurekAlert!

Improved chemo regimen for childhood leukemia may offer high survival, no added heart toxicity

Treating pediatric leukemia patients with a liposomal formulation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy at a more intense-than-standard dose during initial treatment may result in high survival rates without causing any added heart toxicity, according to the results of a study published online today in Blood , the Journal of the American Society of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Hematology, Idamycin, Idarubicin (generic), Daunorubicin (generic), DaunoXome, Cytosar-U, Cytarabine (generic)

4 hrs ago | Lower Township Gazette

Local magician is being honored by Boston hospital for cancer work

Egg Harbor Township resident Chad Juros was diagnosed with leukemia in 1991 at age 3. Four years later, he relapsed and spent 17 months in the cancer ward, during which time his father, Dr.

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Related Topix: Health, Non-Profit, The Office, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

5 hrs ago | Nova News Now

Finding hope

The Lockhartville mom was putting her three-year-old son Mark to bed when she noticed what looked like an odd rash.

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Related Topix: Health

10 hrs ago | WGRZ-TV Buffalo

Volunteers Surprise Cancer Patient

Volunteers from Special Spaces Buffalo have done it again! They have given a bedroom makeover to a little girl suffering from leukemia.

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Related Topix: Buffalo, NY, Health, North Tonawanda, NY

Wed May 22, 2013

Patch.com

Sarasota Student Invents Computer Tool to Diagnose Leukemia

A Sarasota high school senior has been honored by the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for a computer tool she has developed to help doctors diagnose leukemia.

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Related Topix: Computers, Health, Sarasota, FL, Science, Computer Science, Duke University, Oncology, Medicine

WDRB-TV Louisville

Man's dream of marriage comes true even as he fights cancer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Most little girls start dreaming of their wedding proposal when they're still playing princess -- who will it be, how will it happen, and where? For one Louisville couple, the hospital proved to be the perfect place.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, University of Louisville, Health

Examiner.com

Helen Mirren gives 10-year-old dying boy with Down's syndrome wish to meet Queen

Helen Mirren gave a 10-year-old dying boy with Down's syndrome his wish to meet the Queen of England.

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Related Topix: Helen Mirren, Celebrities, Health

Patch.com

Derrick Keller Field Dedication Ceremony Set for Wednesday Afternoon

Family, friends and community members are set to come together Wednesday afternoon to celebrate and honor former SLP baseball standout Derrick Keller.

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Related Topix: Health

WWL-TV New Orleans

Quiet Hero: Northshore father to travel to D.C. to save life of man he's never met

There is a man somewhere in the country who is battling leukemia and he might be saved by a man he has never met who lives in Slidell.

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Related Topix: Health, Slidell, LA

Applied Clinical Trials

Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations of Data from Clinical...

Ambit Biosciences Announces Presentations of Data from Clinical Investigations of Quizartinib at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences Corporation today announced that data from clinical investigations of quizartinib , a potent and selective FLT3 inhibitor, will be presented at the Annual ... (more)

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Health

Whittier Daily News

Marissa Ayala, 23, will graduate from CSULB after saving her sister's life in 1991

Anissa Brackett, left, shares a special bond with her younger sister Marissa Ayala, who she calls "Angel Baby." Ayala was conceived in hopes of being a bone marrow donor for her older sister Anissa, who was diagnosed with leukemia more then 20 years ago.

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Related Topix: Health, Cal State Long Beach

Science Daily

Keeping stem cells strong: RNA molecule protects stem cells during inflammation

But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete these cell populations, potentially leading to the development of serious blood conditions such as cancer.

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Related Topix: California Institute of Technology, Genetics, Medicine, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Health

Tue May 21, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Retired pathologist believes in cancer society

Dr. Margie Peschel charts her professional career along the time line of the American Cancer Society's century-long campaign against one of the most devastating diseases on earth.

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Related Topix: Pathology, Medicine, Fort Worth, TX, University of Texas Medical Branch, Health, Tarrant County, TX

WTVR Richmond

Cancer survivors raise awareness about blood cancers

Each year more than 12,000 Americans are diagnosed with a blood cancer, such as Leukemia and Lymphoma.

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Related Topix: Health, Lymphoma

Patch.com

Sharon Stem Cell Donor to Meet Woman Whose Life He Helped Save

Six years ago, Sharon-native Scott Berenson, 37, was helping his wife Alison by volunteering for one of the many projects she took on in her role as the the young adult program director for Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

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Scientific American

Winning the War against Cervical Cancer

I've yet to meet anyone who loves cancer. When President Nixon began the war on cancer in 1971 with the signing of the National Cancer Act, it was intended to "a strengthen the National Cancer Institute in order to more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer." Despite the billions of dollars spent, and a few scattered victories ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, Vaccinations, HPV, Genital Warts, Family, Kids

The American Journal of Managed Care

ASH 2012

Claire E. Dearden, MD, Consultant Hematologist, Head of CLL Clinic, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, highlights the pharmacotherapeutic strategies for the management of B- and T-cell PLL, noting the clinical outcomes associated with the diseases, and briefly touches on the future of PLL therapy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, Lymphoma, Health

Recordpub.com

Charity helps Ravenna teen fight leukemia with his feet

A Ravenna Township teen has received a special gift that encourages him to fight cancer with his own two feet.

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Related Topix: Ravenna, OH, Health, Life, Charity , Cleveland Heights, OH

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Multistep Targeted Nano Drug Delivery System Aiming at Leukemic Stem ...

Refractory leukemia remains the most common therapeutic problem in clinical treatment of leukemia.

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Related Topix: Health, Fosamax, Alendronate (generic), Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

The Coastal Courier

Cancer survivor calls life 'a miracle'

Christopher Deigh plays the drums with his gospel group during a concert at Mt. Zion Mission Baptist Church to celebrate graduating from college and being cancer-free for three years.

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Related Topix: Hinesville, GA, Health, Atlanta, GA, Emory University