Scientists Uncover Indicator that Warns Leukemia is Progressing to More Dangerous Form
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 18:35
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, Stanford University School of Medicine and other centers have identified a mechanism by which a chronic form of leukemia can progress into a deadlier stage of the disease. The findings may provide physicians with an indicator of when this type of cancer - chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) - is progressing, enabling them to make more accurate prognoses for the disease and improved treatment choices.