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       <title>Leukemia - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-08-02 13:35:38</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Petrochemicals linked to leukemia in young adults 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?131916"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?131916</id>
    <updated>2006-08-02 13:34:18</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Residential exposure to 
petrochemicals is associated with an elevated risk of  leukemia  
among adults in their 20s, according to a new report.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Oncaspar For Treatment Of Leukemia]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?126412"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?126412</id>
    <updated>2006-07-25 08:53:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval of the drug Oncaspar for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic  leukemia  (ALL). The FDA had previously approved Oncaspar in 1994, but only for ALL patients who were allergic to the  cancer  drug L-asparaginase....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study: Cancer Drug May Pose Heart Danger]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?125822"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?125822</id>
    <updated>2006-07-24 11:56:18</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says  leukemia  patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it. While effectively treating  cancer , Gleevec can lead to heart failure in some patients, said Dr. Thomas Force, who teaches medicine at Jefferson Medical...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cancer drug Gleevec may damage heart 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?125694"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?125694</id>
    <updated>2006-07-24 08:24:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Gleevec, the pill that transformed 
 cancer  treatments by offering an easy way to  target  a difficult 
type of  leukemia , may cause serious heart damage, researchers 
cautioned on Sunday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study: Cancer drug may pose heart danger 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?125466"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?125466</id>
    <updated>2006-07-23 20:16:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says  leukemia  patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cancer drug Gleevec may damage heart 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?125365"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?125365</id>
    <updated>2006-07-23 13:12:43</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Gleevec, the pill that transformed 
 cancer  treatments by offering an easy way to  target  a difficult 
type of  leukemia , may cause serious heart damage, researchers 
cautioned on Sunday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA Grants Swift Approval to New Leukemia Drug 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?115782"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?115782</id>
    <updated>2006-06-29 23:49:50</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. regulators gave accelerated approval Wednesday to a new targeted therapy to treat people with chronic myeloid  leukemia  (CML).]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Leukemia Drug]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?115569"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?115569</id>
    <updated>2006-06-29 17:30:14</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug to treat chronic myeloid  leukemia  (CML). The FDA granted accelerated approval Wednesday to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s drug, Sprycel (dasatinib), as an oral inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases, for the treatment of adults in...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA Grants Swift Approval to New Leukemia Drug 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?115394"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?115394</id>
    <updated>2006-06-29 12:30:35</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. regulators gave accelerated approval Wednesday to a new targeted therapy to treat people with chronic myeloid  leukemia  (CML).]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA OKs Bristol-Myers Squibb leukemia drug 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114790"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114790</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 17:31:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - A Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. drug received accelerated federal approval Wednesday to treat some leukemias where other drugs have failed.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[FDA clears Bristol-Myers leukemia drug 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114792"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114792</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 17:31:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A new Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. pill 
won U.S. approval for fighting two types of  leukemia  in 
patients running out of treatment options, the company said on 
Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Parents who smoke may raise child's leukemia risk 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114697"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114697</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 15:45:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The risk of  leukemia  in 
childhood appears to be increased when fathers smoke, even if 
the smoking occurs before conception, and with exposure to 
smoking after birth, researchers report in the American Journal 
of Epidemiology.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Stem Cell Receptors May Fight Autoimmune Diseases 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114216"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114216</id>
    <updated>2006-06-27 23:51:33</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- New information about the role of bone marrow stem cells could lead to important advances in treating diseases like  leukemia , lupus and rheumatoid  arthritis , scientists say.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Stem Cell Receptors May Fight Autoimmune Diseases 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?113959"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?113959</id>
    <updated>2006-06-27 16:32:19</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- New information about the role of bone marrow stem cells could lead to important advances in treating diseases like  leukemia , lupus and rheumatoid  arthritis , scientists say.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[HK scientists uncover workings behind leukemia 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?109256"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?109256</id>
    <updated>2006-06-20 08:41:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Scientists in Hong Kong believe they 
have uncovered the trigger for  leukemia , a  cancer  of the blood 
that afflicts millions worldwide.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[leukemia drugs show early promise 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?106379"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?106379</id>
    <updated>2006-06-15 06:26:16</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Two new drugs may help treat some adult 
cases of  leukemia  that fail to respond to Novartis AG's 
Gleevec, two studies showed on Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New leukemia drugs show early promise 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?106017"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?106017</id>
    <updated>2006-06-14 17:17:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Two new drugs may help treat some adult 
cases of  leukemia  that fail to respond to Novartis AG's 
Gleevec, two studies showed on Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Schering says leukemia drug MabCampath promising 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?100135"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?100135</id>
    <updated>2006-06-04 08:53:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - German drugmaker Schering AG and U.S. 
biotech firm  Genzyme  Corp have seen good preliminary results in 
a study of the drug MabCampath to treat  leukemia , Schering said 
in a statement.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Panel endorses proposed leukemia drug 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?99566"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?99566</id>
    <updated>2006-06-02 17:15:42</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - A Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. drug should receive accelerated federal approval to treat some leukemias where other drugs have failed, a panel of outside experts recommended Friday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[No link between leukemia risk, nuclear plants 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?97757"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?97757</id>
    <updated>2006-05-30 18:14:18</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Children living near nuclear 
plants in France do not have an increased risk of  leukemia , a 
new study confirms.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Sperm Donor Passes Rare Disorder To Five Children]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?91501"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?91501</id>
    <updated>2006-05-20 08:24:55</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ A sperm donor transmits a rare and serious genetic disorder to five children.
 The children, born to four couples, all have severe congenital neutropenia, which puts them at higher risk for infections and  leukemia .
 They are currently healthy, but they...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Drug Trial Costs Victim Fingers, Toes]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?70175"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?70175</id>
    <updated>2006-04-17 16:11:31</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ A young man who took part in the clinical trial of a drug intended to treat autoimmune diseases and  leukemia  will lose parts of his fingers and toes. 
 Ryan Wilson, 20, was among six healthy volunteers who suffered  convulsions  and organ...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bone loss seen in kids after stem cell therapy 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?62662"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?62662</id>
    <updated>2006-04-05 12:49:13</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A type of stem cell therapy 
called hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) often leads to 
a reduction in bone formation in children, according to 
Minneapolis-based researchers. HCT is used to treat cancers of 
the blood such as  leukemia .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Two Men Remain in Coma From British Drugs 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52940"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52940</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 08:43:47</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - They were chosen because they were fit and healthy, but minutes after being injected with a test drug designed to combat  leukemia  and other diseases, the men went into  convulsions  as their internal organs began to fail.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[British Clinical Trials Under New Scrutiny 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?51127"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?51127</id>
    <updated>2006-03-17 19:49:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - The first test in humans of a new drug to treat  leukemia  and autoimmune diseases has left six men severely ill, sparking fresh questions over the safety of such clinical trials.]]></summary>
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