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New targeted treatment for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia approved by FDA
biospectrumasia
August 03, 2017
Idhifa is an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 inhibitor that works by blocking several enzymes that promote cell growth
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Discovery of protein mutations may lead to better therapies for Leukemia
biospectrumasia
June 23, 2017
A team of scientists at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), led by Wei Tong, a hematology researcher reveals how mutated proteins cause several types of leukemia. This new understanding of the molecular mechanisms at work may offer clues to other
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New leukemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies
biospectrumasia
June 13, 2017
Around 1,000 people are diagnosed with AML in Australia each year and, depending on the patient's age, there is a high rate of mortality with only about 30 percent surviving long term
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EMA validates application for BMS’s Sprycel in children with chronic myelogenous leukemia
cphi-online
May 25, 2017
Proposal extends application to the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic phase Philadelphia-chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia and to the powder for oral suspension.
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Gleevec Keeps a Leukemia in Check for More Than a Decade: Study
drugs.com
March 09, 2017
The cancer drug Gleevec appears to keep chronic myeloid leukemia at bay a decade into treatment -- with no signs of additional safety risks, a new study finds.
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A Review of Leukemia Targeting Drugs in 2016: Small Molecule Drugs and Monoclonal Antibody Drugs Par
en-cphi
February 10, 2017
Leukemia is a clonal disease caused due to mutation of human hematopoietic stem cells, can cause symptoms like bleeding, anemia, organ infiltration and intestinal function failure of patients, and is a human disease of great harm.