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Possible New Treatment Approaches Identified for ETP-ALL Early T-cell precursor (ETP) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) might be more closely associated with AML than other ALL subtypes. This opens the door to potential new treatment options.
Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2012
Study of AML Evolution Opens 'Pandora's Box' of Questions A study of leukemic cells before and after chemotherapy suggests that the treatment itself might be contributing to relapses.
Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2012

Incredibly Shrinking Risk for Secondary AML Dr. Maurie Markman reports on a study indicating that risk for therapy-related AML in ovarian cancer patients has declined dramatically since the 1980s. Is it because of increased paclitaxel use?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, January 6, 2012
Gemtuzumab Boosts Survival in AML Dr. Richard Stone reports on new findings in acute myeloid leukemia as presented at ASH 2011.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 23, 2011

2011 Top Game Changers in Oncology
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 23, 2011
Pharmacogenomics of 6-Mercaptopurine: Clinical Implications
Medscape Genomic Medicine, November 1, 2011
One Patient, Two Blood Cancers: What Happened Here?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, July 21, 2011
Blood Cancer: New Drugs and Old Problems
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, June 17, 2011

Parental Prenatal Smoking and Risk of Childhood ALL
American Journal of Epidemiology, January 23, 2012
Reduced Conditioning in Allogeneic Cell Transplantation for AML
Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center, December 1, 2011
Myeloid Sarcoma: Current Approach and Therapeutic Options
Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, November 21, 2011
Leukaemia: Targeted Therapy Re-enABLed?
Nature Reviews Cancer, September 23, 2011
Invasive Fungal Infections in Acute Leukemia
Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, September 8, 2011