MedPage TodayStudy Shows New Option for Kids With Tough-to-Treat LeukemiaU.S. News & World Report"The study shows that even in these patients who have a poor response, there are a few subgroups that ultimately do well while there are other subgrou…
Chemotherapy Proves Life-Saving for Some Leukemia Patients Who Fail Induction …MarketWatch (press release)The largest study ever of such pediatric ALL patients identified a subset of young children who achieved 10-year survival rates of 72 percent af…
Heavy/Light Chain Ratios May Be A Prognostic Marker For Myeloma PatientsThe Myeloma BeaconSpecifically, the Spanish researchers found that multiple myeloma patients who experienced elevated heavy/light chain ratios after achieving complete remission fo…
3-minute test could save somebody's lifeSioux Falls Argus LeaderRod and Karen Vietor are watching the improvements made by their son, Grant, in the eight weeks since he received a stem cell transplant, also known as a bone marrow transplant, as tre…
Two Myeloma Experts Debate Role Of Stem Cell Transplantation In The Treatment …The Myeloma BeaconAn autologous stem cell transplant is a procedure in which stem cells are collected from a patient prior to high-dose chemotherapy and later re-infused i…
Albert Lea Tribune'Miracle patient'Albert Lea TribuneNow, as she looks back on that time — having since gone through chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, spending at least six months straight in Rochester — she said she is grateful for …
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) And Multiple Myeloma Research …MarketWatch (press release)Most recently, Dr. Needle served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medical Director for the Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell transp…
Corneal thickness linked to early stage Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal DystrophyEurekAlert (press release)FECD is the most common reason for corneal transplantation in the United States. The disease usually becomes apparent on examination at its earlie…
Toronto StarLeaside mom Cathy Anagnostopoulos championed stem cell donor campaigninsideTORONTO.comPhoto/COURTESY EAST YORK – A Leaside mother of three found out doctors have found a match for the stem cell transplant she… A year after Cathy Anagnosto…
Toronto StarToronto mother loses battle with leukemia but raises awareness about diseaseToronto StarBut she ended up being too sick to undergo stem cell transplant surgery. The stem cells would have likely been harvested from the bone marrow of the don…