Two years ago, Lianna Munir started spiking fevers and having fainting spells. At first doctors thought Munir, then 6, may have strep or a viral infection. But even after multiple trips to the ...

The MACC Fund has committed $11.5 million to advance pediatric cancer research at the Versiti Blood Research Institute, strengthening a long-standing partnership dedicated to improving outcomes for ...

Every year around St. Patrick’s Day, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research to find cures for childhood cancers hosts a head-shaving event known as "St. Baldrick’s." On Thursday, ...

Microbial cell-free DNA sequencing can detect bloodstream infections in children with leukemia days before symptoms appear, offering a potential path to earlier treatment and improved outcomes.

Survival rates for childhood leukemia are improving thanks to new treatments. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia has the highest survival among all pediatric cancers, 80-85 percent. Seattle Children’s ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — KU School of Medicine-Wichita Department of Pediatrics and Wesley Children’s Hospital say a groundbreaking treatment for pediatric leukemia is now available in Wichita.

New ASH guidelines outline optimal management for a subgroup of patients with leukemia that historically has been challenging to treat.Two papers published simultaneously in Blood Advances address ...

Blinatumomab significantly improved disease-free survival in children with B-ALL, with a 61% increase, establishing a new standard for treatment. Hispanic children, who have higher B-ALL rates, ...

The classification of AML is based on the French-American-British system in which morphologic and immunophenotypic features of blast cells divide AML into 8 distinct subtypes labeled M0-M7. M3 is the ...

Researchers have identified a promising way to predict bloodstream infections in children with high-risk leukemia days before the infection would be diagnosed using current standards of care. The test ...