News: leukaemia

Closing in on cure for common leukaemia

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Posted on Sep 12 2023 by Jessica Stanley

A groundbreaking leukaemia test can help identify patients who are strong candidates for lifelong treatment free remission (TFR) – meaning they are effectively cured of the disease.

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Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients

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Posted on May 12 2022 by Lee Gaskin

Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

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$1.62 million for rare cancer research

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Posted on Jun 29 2020 by Cathy Parker

A ³ÉÈË´óƬ and SAHMRI study to test new treatments for a rare and neglected blood cancer, which has no known effective treatment, has been awarded $1,619,122 from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

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Major breakthrough for leukaemia treatment

An international clinical trial involving Adelaide researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a next-generation treatment for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Posted on Dec 12 2019 by Elisa Black

An international clinical trial involving Adelaide researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a next-generation treatment for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).

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