Archive for the 'Leukemia' Category

Bone Marrow Transplant Hope For Leukaemia Patients

A bone marrow transplant technique might be a life-saving treatment for some leukaemia patients reports the BBC. Cells in the newly transplanted bone marrow may help to kill the leukameia cells.

Some leukaemia patients who do not reply to conventional treatments may benefit from bone marrow trans…

Heart failure rare in leukemia patients on Gleevec

According to researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, congestive heart failure rarely occurs among leukemia patients who take Gleevec (imatinib).

The study was led by Dr. Jorge Cortes who said that there is no need for routine cardio-specific monitoring of all pat…

High blood sugar increases mortality in leukemia patients

High blood sugar levels increase the rate of in-hospital deaths by nearly 40 percent in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study published in Cancer and led by Dr. Naeem Ali and colleagues at Ohio State. that effect was seen even in patients with gentle increases in blo…