Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Background information on Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. It is the most commonly diagnosed type of adult leukemia, and is rare among children.

These malignant cells called myeloblasts fail to mature into the different types of blood cells, a process called differentiation. If differentiation does not occur, the myeloblasts accumulate and overtake the number of healthy blood cells, spreading into the bloodstream and other vital organs. The lack of healthy blood cells results in symptoms such as anaemia and abnormal bruising.

Myeloid leukemias are characterized as "acute" or "chronic" based on how quickly they progress if not treated. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is often without symptoms and can remain dormant for years before transforming into a blast crisis, which is markedly similar to AML.
News Articles on Acute Myeloid Leukemia



Cancer Researchers at Manhattan-based St. Vincent’s Comprehensive ...  -  26 Mar 2008
Business Wire (press release),A hallmark of the program is a repository containing approximately 50000 tissue samples of MDS and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients collected by Dr.

Local teen receives lifesaving donation Posted on: Wednesday ...  -  26 Mar 2008
Killeen Daily Herald,Sixteen is the number of weeks 14-year old Patrick Mancuso has been dealing with acute myeloid leukemia. The number of chemotherapy treatments he's

Racing News  -  26 Mar 2008
Runner's WorldNow Haseotes' two-year-old son Nicholas has struggled with acute myeloid leukemia. After a myriad of procedures, the disease is currently in remission.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia reduced by Kidney Cancer Drug  -  Mar 19, 2008
TopCancerNews.com,A drug used to treat kidney cancer also targets a genetic mutation active in about one third of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common

Early cancer detection could save your life  -  Mar 22, 2008
Hilton Head Island Packet,Photo: A snapshot of Abby Anderson Waters, who died in 2004 at age 37, less than three weeks after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

Xenomics Announces License With Warnex Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Assay  -  Feb 26, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...in Canada to offer NPM1 testing as a laboratory service for the diagnosis, stratification and monitoring of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

Orphan News :: Treatment & Health  -  Mar 25, 2008
Checkbiotech.org (press release),...and CEP-701,an oral small molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinases including FLT-3, TRK andJAK-2, in phase 3 development for acute myeloid leukemia.

Partners against cancer: Boston Marathon runner teams up with ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
MetroWest Daily News,Nicholas has undergone treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and is now in remission. Robert Kimmel, 30, of Cambridge will be running the Boston Marathon on

Flow Cytometry and Molecular Genetics for Hematologic Neoplasms  -  Mar 21, 2008
Medscape (subscription)...[5,6] There are 2 subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which are defined solely by their specific karyotypes and molecular characteristics.

Genzyme pulls European leukemia drug application  -  Mar 19, 2008
Reuters...on Wednesday it has withdrawn a European application for permission to market its cancer drug Evoltra to elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Updates in the Management of Myelodysplastic Syndromes  -  Mar 24, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Phase II Study of High Dose Lenalidomide as Initial Treatment for Older Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients: Early Results Show a Significant Reduction of Bone

Maybe you can save a life  -  Mar 25, 2008
The Huntsville Times - al.com,...is fortunate that the community is rallying behind him as he searches for a donor who can help him combat his acute myeloid leukemia.

Genzyme withdraws European filing of Evoltra for elderly patients ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
CNNMoney.com...withdraw the European application to extend the Evoltra product label to include the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML.

EpiCept announces opinion by European Regulatory Authority on Ceplene  -  Mar 24, 2008
News-Medical.net,...(histamine dihydrochloride) for the remission maintenance and prevention of relapse of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in first remission.

Cephalon Receives FDA Approval for TREANDA, a Novel Chemotherapy ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
WELT ONLINE,...and CEP-701, an oral small molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinases including FLT-3, TRK and JAK-2, in phase 3 development for acute myeloid leukemia.

Bothell's Seattle Genetics pitches drug combo  -  Mar 21, 2008
HeraldNet,The drug candidate already is in phase 2 tests as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and has received "orphan drug" status from the Food and Drug

Teen with leukemia to receive bone marrow transplant  -  Mar 23, 2008
Killeen Daily Herald,...the Nolanville eighth-grader who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December, will receive a bone marrow transplant at a San Antonio hospital

Geelong company tests cancer drug  -  Mar 11, 2008
Geelong Advertiser,The trial of up to 27 French patients would form a new phase two study of its treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, which has previously been predicted as

EpiCept receives negative opinion for leukemia drug  -  Mar 21, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewThe CHMP indicated that data from the single pivotal acute myeloid leukemia (AML) trial was not adequately statistically compelling.

EpiCept Announces Non-Binding Opinion by European Regulatory ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
WELT ONLINE,About Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) AML is the most common type of leukemia in adults. There are approximately 40000 AML patients in the EU, with 16000 new

Seattle Genetics Initiates SGN-33 Clinical Trial in Combination ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Earthtimes,...“Patients with intermediate and high-risk MDS typically have a poor prognosis and their disease often transforms into acute myeloid leukemia (AML),

EpiCept: European committee issues negative opinion on Ceplene  -  Mar 20, 2008
Forbes,...on its marketing authorization application for Ceplene for the remission maintenance and prevention of relapse of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

ChemGenex launches omacetaxine trial in AML patients  -  Mar 10, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...mepesuccinate (formerly homoharringtonine, HHT) in refractory or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who have failed intensive chemotherapy.

Wendy's perfect match too late for her childhood hero  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Mercury,Mr Plunkett, a former reinsman and trainer who owned Berriedale Stud at Westbury, died of acute myeloid leukemia in December, aged only 57.

Low Micro-RNA Level Linked To High Gene Activity In AML  -  Mar 6, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The research involved patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a gene mutation called NPM1, an alteration seen in about one-third of adult AML cases.

EpiCept shares plummet; Leukemia drug Ceplene not approved by ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
CNNMoney.com...the company's cancer drug, Ceplene, for the maintenance of remission and prevention of relapse in patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

Dexrazoxane Not Linked with Secondary Cancers in Children with ALL  -  Mar 19, 2008
Cancerpage.com,...risk for acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome and other secondary malignancies in children with Hodgkin's disease who received dexrazoxane.

Ambit Biosciences Announces the Formation of Two Clinical Advisory ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Business Wire (press release),...of the company’s clinical programs for its kinase inhibitors, including AC220 for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and AC480 for solid tumors.

Teen's bout with leukemia sparked 'Buck's Barn'  -  Mar 15, 2008
Austin American-Statesman,A week later, doctors diagnosed him with acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer in which the bone marrow makes a large number of abnormal blood cells.

Technology Briefing  -  Mar 20, 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerSeattle Genetics is also conducting a study of SGN-33, along with an existing drug, cytarabine, in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Cash pouring in for cancer migrant  -  Mar 12, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Roderick Catuday, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in January while waiting for his two-year work permit to be approved, needs $150000 as a

Vorinostat Promising in AML  -  Mar 19, 2008
Cancerpage.com,University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston and colleagues report that they studied 41 patients, 31 of whom had acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

EpiCept Shares Rise From Record Low on Myriad Milestone Payment  -  Mar 6, 2008
BloombergOn Feb. 28, the drugmaker said a European Medicines Agency panel turned down Ceplene, a treatment to prevent relapse of acute myeloid leukemia.

EpiCept Announces Non-Binding Opinion by European Regulatory ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
FOXBusiness...is intended to be indicated for the maintenance of remission and prevention of relapse of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in first remission.

A year with leukemia  -  Mar 10, 2008
Meriden Record-Journal,Acute myeloid leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow, where the soft tissue within the bone works to build blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that

Market Report -- In Play (GENZ)  -  Mar 19, 2008
MSN Money...of the European application to extend the Evoltra (clofarabine) product label to include the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Doc pitches in to help young boy with cancer  -  Feb 27, 2008
Toronto Star,Sean Clayton has a rare and often deadly form of leukemia – AML (acute myeloid leukemia). He was diagnosed with the disease on May 10, 2006.

Teachers rally around former student  -  Mar 11, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,The event was held in honor of Paige Stibgen, a Corron Elementary School student who died of acute myeloid leukemia on last November.

Volunteer saves life across Straits  -  Mar 18, 2008
China Daily,But that's exactly what happened yesterday when he heroically donated cells to a 22 year-old-patient in Taiwan with acute myeloid leukemia.

Silver Street Elementary plans fundraiser for sick student  -  Mar 8, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,Chloe was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when she was 3 and was first treated at that time, including receiving an umbilical cord stem-cell

Huntington Bancshares Cuts Prime Rate To 5.25% - Quick Facts [HBAN]  -  Mar 19, 2008
RTT News,...it has withdrawn the European application to extend the Evoltra product label to include the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Genzyme Withdraws Bioenvision's European Filing of Evoltra(R) in ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Earthtimes,...application to extend the Evoltra(R) (clofarabine) product label to include the treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Halladay makes child's wish come true  -  Feb 26, 2008
MLB.comOn May 10, 2006, Sean Clayton was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and he was hospitalized near his home in Montreal for nearly eight months.

Fashionable treatment  -  Mar 22, 2008
McKinney Courier Gazette,The Stecks took Haley to the doctor that day and soon found out that Haley had acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer that is rare in children.

Triathletes will compete to help find cure for leukemia  -  Feb 25, 2008
Marconews (subscription),She said she is inspired by the group’s honored teammate -- Marybeth Walsh is the group’s honored teammate who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on

Son organizes bone marrow drive for mother  -  Mar 21, 2008
Victorville Daily Press,It had been more than two years since Barbara Wolfrum’s cervical cancer went into remission when she received more bad news: She had acute myeloid leukemia.

Donor gets to marrow of giving  -  Mar 14, 2008
Bethel Island Press,Donors provide stem cells and bone marrow for patients afflicted with auto-immune diseases such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or cancer of the white blood

A perfect match?  -  Mar 12, 2008
Aurora Beacon News,Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last September, Lamb recently spent nearly two months in the hospital undergoing two rounds of chemotherapy.

Marrow drive to aid Elburn mom  -  Mar 11, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff The Elburn community is being asked to rally around one of its own as she fights acute myeloid leukemia.

European CHMP Issues Negative Opinion Regarding EpiCept's MAA For ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
RTT News,...or histamine dihydrochloride for the remission maintenance and prevention of relapse of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or AML in first remission.



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