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Brian Boyle hopes to play hockey again soon after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow cancer that the New Jersey Devils’ team doctor said can largely be treated with medication. The 32-year-old forward was diagnosed with CML after bloodwork at the start of training camp showed irregularities from last season. Boyle […]
A treatment for a common childhood blood cancer could become the first gene therapy available in the U.S. CBC | Health News
Adam West, the actor in the 1960s Batman television series has died aged 88 after a short battle with leukemia. West died on Friday night, a family spokesperson said. West became a pop culture icon after Batman first aired in 1966. The actor reportedly failed to get major roles after playing the popular superhero, but […]
Kassie DePaiva is now cancer-free, and that means it’s time for Days of Our Lives‘ Eve to start mixing it up in Salem again. The actress, who last appeared onscreen in February 2016, had planned a return to the NBC soap later that year but had to take a leave of absence last summer following a […]
Charlie Murphy, a stand-up comedian and older brother of actor Eddie Murphy, passed away Wednesday morning in New York City, following a battle with leukemia, his manager confirms to TMZ. Murphy was 57. Though Murphy had an extensive list of small-screen credits — including roles on Power, Black Jesus and The Boondocks — the comedian is arguably best known […]
Childhood cancer survival has improved in many countries for two common types of leukemia, a new study has found — progress that experts credit to strengths in cancer care. CBC | Health News
Two baby girls with leukemia have been cured using a breakthrough treatment involving a special form of gene-editing therapy, which uses modified white blood cells to target cancerous cells, Medical XPress reported. A European team of researchers wrote on a scientific journal for Science Translational Medicine the details on how they were able to cure […]
