Tag: Cancer: Leukemia

Life challenges more negatively impacted in younger, female, relapsed patients; socializing more positively impacted in older patients

Incidence higher for men versus women, adults older than 70 years, and individuals living in high social-demographic index regions

From 2000 to 2019, overall survival progressively improved for patients with Philadelphia-positive ALL who had posttransplant relapse

Only 14 percent of hospitals that referred patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia had ATRA readily available

Vincristine and dexamethasone pulses might be eliminated during second year of treatment for children with low-risk disease

Seventy-five percent of patients achieved a best response of bone marrow-undetectable measurable residual disease remission

Survival improved across calendar periods for all age groups except for patients aged ≥70 years

Second study shows lower neutralizing antibody titers against SARS-CoV-2 after the first dose among elderly patients with multiple myeloma

Low-quality evidence suggests type/dose of steroid not linked to adverse psychological reactions, possibly associated with sleep problems

Risk particularly high for acute myeloid leukemia before age 5 years