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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia News
December 19, 2004
Promising treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia
A new study that artificially stimulates natural killer cells shows it may be a promising treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia. Natural killer cells are part of a body's immune system that helps protect the body against infection and some cancers like leukemia.
According to researchers, the new method could help patients with acute myelogenous leukemia, a highly fatal cancer of the bone marrow that has become resistant to standard treatment with chemotherapy. In the study comparing acute myelogenous leukemia patients to a control group of patients with renal cancer, the infused natural killer cells expanded in the acute myelogenous leukemia patients with the ability to fight tumors, with no notable responses in the patients with renal cancer.
Researchers believe the chemotherapy combination of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine allowed for the expansion of infused natural killer cells, noting more research must be performed.
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