Search for dissertations about: "acute myeloid leukemia thesis"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the words acute myeloid leukemia thesis.
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6. Functional Screens Identify Vulnerabilities in Acute Leukemia
Abstract : Acute leukemia refers to a group of aggressive hematological malignancies of myeloid and lymphoid lineages termed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) respectively. Acute leukemia is characterized by the presence of underlying genetic aberrations which alter the biology of normal hematopoietic cells resulting in the accumulation of immature abnormally differentiated blast cells. READ MORE
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7. Epidemiological studies in de novo and secondary acute leukemia
Abstract : Abstract Background Acute leukemia (AL) is a rare blood cancer with poor prognosis in adult patients. Socioeconomic factors are known to impact cancer outcomes, but have not been adequately examined among adult AL patients. READ MORE
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8. Multi-omics analysis of relapsed acute myeloid leukemia
Abstract : The prognosis for patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains unsatisfactory and survival is often measured in months. Although the majority of patients achieve complete remission after aggressive treatment, most of them relapse within a few years. READ MORE
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9. Studies of New Signal Transduction Modulators in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Abstract : Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a life-threatening malignant disorder with dismal prognosis. AML is characterized by frequent genetic changes involving tyrosine kinases, normally acting as important mediators in many basic cellular processes. READ MORE
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10. Prognostic markers in acute myeloid leukemia : A candidate gene approach
Abstract : The standard treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) consists of induction chemotherapy, most commonly daunorubicin together with the nucleoside analogue cytarabine (Ara-C), followed by consolidation chemotherapy and in selected cases allogenic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Despite a high initial response rate, a considerable proportion of all AML cases eventually suffer from relapse and the five-year overall survival rate in patients >60 years is only around 15%. READ MORE