More chemotherapy might be best move for some children with leukemia
When induction therapy fails in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, some youths have better outcomes with more chemotherapy than with stem cell transplant.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Many women with cancer missing fertility risk info, services
Few women of childbearing age who are diagnosed with cancer are taking steps to preserve their fertility during treatment.
Exploring holistic medicine: Using acupuncture to relieve cancer-related fatigue
The ancient Eastern medicinal art can relieve one of the most distressing effects of cancer and cancer treatment: fatigue.
CDC focuses on infection prevention
A new initiative launched by CDC is designed to reduce the risk of life-threatening infection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Older blood cancer patients may benefit from cell transplant regimen
A regimen using minimal-intensity radiation therapy before bone marrow or stem cell transplantation may work for older patients who cannot tolerate stronger pretransplant treatment.
Family studies reveal leukemia gene
A genetic defect found on the GATA2 gene predisposes people to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplasia, researchers have learned.
New hope for half-match bone marrow transplant in blood cancer
A small study has demonstrated an improved process for making half-matched bone marrow or stem cell transplants for persons with blood cancer more successful.
Modified stem cells protect healthy tissue from brain cancer treatment
Glioblastoma treatment may be made more effective by introducing a chemotherapy-resistant gene into normal bone marrow stem cells to protect them from the toxic effects of chemotherapy.
A classic novel is the premise of a 2-day orientation to the BMT unit
The program, outlined by Lisa Privitere, RN, BSN, OCN®, BMT, RPCI, and colleagues, in a presentation at the Oncology Nursing Society 36th Annual Congress, follows the story of a young girl (the orientee) on an adventure attempting to make sense of her new world, growing up and forever being changed to the White Rabbit (the preceptor) carrying a watch, always in a hurry.
Inhibiting “anchor” molecule in stem cells may improve marrow transplant process
The safety and efficiency of bone marrow transplants may improve due to the discovery of a rare molecule that establishes blood stem cells in their niche within the bone marrow.
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