The study of acute
leukaemia subtypes revealed that ALL - L2 was more common (77%) than L1 (24%).
Birmingham-based charity Cure
Leukaemia launched the Cure
Leukaemia for Kids campaign to mark its tenth anniversary.
A team of experts at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, based at Newcastle University, have made the huge leap in improving treatment for the most common adult
leukaemia in the UK, chronic lymphocytic
leukaemia (CLL).
Leukaemia is a cancer of some of the cells that make up the blood.
Although
leukaemia is the most common form of childhood cancer, it affects three times as many adults as children.
Risk of acute childhood
leukaemia in Sweden after the Chernobyl reactor accident.
Fore Pharma's latest report 'Global Acute Myeloid
Leukaemia Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012 Update' provides most up-to-date information on key Research and Development activities (R&D) in the global Acute Myeloid
Leukaemia market.
2000 Infection, childhood
leukaemia and the Seascale cluster.
Bioenvision is also developing Evoltra(R) for the treatment of other haematological malignancies including for use as first line therapy of adult acute myeloid
leukaemia (AML).
While existing treatment strategies for adult acute
leukaemia may yield satisfactory remission- induction rates, a major clinical concern is the high rate of disease relapse despite attempts to optimize post-remission consolidation therapy.
Nasdaq:BIVN) today announced that the Scientific Program Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has selected Bioenvision's Evoltra(TM) (clofarabine) adult acute myeloid
leukaemia (AML) data for oral presentation at its 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Burnett and Varsha Ghandhi, world-renowned
leukaemia experts, presented data from clofarabine's ongoing clinical development program at the 6th International Symposium and Expert Workshops on Leukemia and Lymphoma in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 17-19, 2005.
