A gentler treatment for children whose leukemia has come back could boost survival and quality of life, a study led by a UCL academic has found.
New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered a targeted cancer therapy that significantly ...
A newly tested combination therapy showed a higher rate of survival compared to chemotherapy alone, according to a study published July 24 in The New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers from ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this video, Andrew Hantel, MD, discusses the results of a study he helped present at ASCO Annual Meeting ...
Survival rates for childhood leukemia are improving thanks to new treatments. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia has the highest survival among all pediatric cancers, 80-85 percent. Seattle Children’s ...
A deadly form of leukemia may be stopped before it ever develops by introducing targeted maternal screening in the United ...
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Leukemia vs. lymphoma

Leukemia starts in the bone marrow and spreads through the blood. Lymphoma originates in the spleen or lymph nodes and spreads through the lymph vessels. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is considered the ...
Precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a fast-growing leukemia that affects early B cells in bone marrow. It’s both more common and has a better outlook in children. Leukemia is a type of ...