acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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acute lymphoblastic leukemia - acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children

acute lymphocytic leukemia

acute leukemia - rapidly progressing leukemia

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Healthcare company Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) reported on Thursday the receipt of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin) for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Pfizer Inc wins approval from US FDA for Besponsa for treating B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Strikingly, we found that in models of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a regimen consisting of six cycles of one day of fasting followed by one day of feeding completely inhibited cancer development," Dr.

Fasting Fights Leukemia

A long-term follow-up of the Group for Research on Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Philadelphia- positive-2003 trial described the outcomes of 45 patients whose postremission therapy was partly decided by MRD results.

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for Treatment of Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Candidate with Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Outcome and prognostic factors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children at National Cancer Institute, Egypt.

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: experience from a single tertiary care facility of Pakistan

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL):> 20% of lymphoblast's in bone marrow [4].

Study of the clinicopathological profile of paediatric haematological malignancies at a tertiary care centre

Chromosomal abnormalities have been reported in 60-85% of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (1).

A case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with additional chromosomes X and 5 associated with a Philadelphia chromosome in the bone marrow / Kemik iliginde ekstra kromozom 5 ve X'e ilave Philadelphia kromozomu iceren akut lenfoblastik losemi olgusu

The first study to demonstrate that obesity can directly accelerate the progression of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been conducted at The Saban Research Institute of Children Hospital Los Angeles and will be published in Cancer Prevention Research.

Diet-Induced Obesity Accelerates Leukemia

Maternal dietary risk factors in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (United States).

Overlooked in Fallon?

In fact, a cord-blood transplant was done in 1970 in a 16-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and reported in the March 1972 Virginia Medical Monthly.

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SAN DIEGO -- A single gene has been identified that predicts--almost by itself--which children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia will respond to standard chemotherapy, and which will have ALL that resists therapy, Dr.

ALL gene predicts children's response to chemotherapy: chance of long-term remission: 87%

Children whose mothers took folate supplements in combination with iron at any point during pregnancy have a lower incidence of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, said Dr.