More Leukemia & Bone Cancer News

• Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes

  November 18 (HealthDay News) -- Gleevec, a wonder drug that effectively treats leukemia and other ...

• First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient's Genome

  November 5 (HealthDay News) -- In a genetics first, researchers report that they have decoded ...

• New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly

  October 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new technique may help doctors diagnose a rare form ...

• Signaling Protein Could Be Target for Leukemia Chemo

  Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A promising new chemotherapy target for a deadly form of ...

• Survival Rates Improve for Kids with Blood Cancers

  September 10 (HealthDay News) -- In the United States, 5- and 10-year survival rates continue ...

• Methadone Kills Resistant Leukemia Cells

  August 1 (HealthDay News) -- Methadone, a drug used to break addiction to heroin and ...

• Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- French doctors have reported a possible new side effect associated ...

• New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice

  May 16 (HealthDay News) A treatment that uses natural killer (NK) immune system cells from ...

• Genetic Changes May Dictate Course of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Breakthroughs in understanding the extremely fine genetic underpinnings of acute ...

• Green Tea, Mushroom Extract Combo Slows Sarcomas

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the active ingredients in reishi mushrooms and ...

• Treanda Treats Rare Cancer

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- The Cephalon drug Treanda (bendamustine hydrochloride) has been approved by ...

• Gleevec May Disrupt Ovarian Function

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although it's a much more targeted treatment than standard chemotherapy, ...

• Cancer Death Rates Still Declining

  Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: ...

• Sorafenib Slows Growth of Some Leukemias

  Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The drug sorafenib shows promise in the treatment of people ...

• Study Gets Closer to Origins of Leukemia

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- By studying blood cells in a young pair of twins, ...

• Malaria Drug Promising Against Cancer

  Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A common anti-malaria drug called chloroquine can also prevent the ...

• Researchers Find Great Granddaddy of All Blood Cells

  Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The "great-grandparent" of all human blood cells has been identified ...

• Tasigna Approved for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

  Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Tasigna (nilotinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

• U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall

  Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates from cancer are dropping more quickly across the ...