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 | Newcastle scientists make advance in treatment for blood cancer |
| |  | | Newcastle University scientists, funded by leading blood cancer charity Leukaemia Research, have taken a big step forward in improving the treatment for the commonest leukaemia in adults in the UK, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. | | Release date: 3 July 2008 |  |
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| Response to study on survival rate for children with leukaemia |
| |  | | Articles in newspapers (Wednesday 2 July 2008) report that a predicted 79% per cent of children diagnosed with the commonest type of leukaemia in 1990 will survive. Yet it is well documented that survival rates for children have been increasing year on year thanks to high quality research by charities such as Leukaemia Research, the UK’s leading blood cancer charity. | | Release date: 2 July 2008 | |
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| Glasgow’s New £3 million pound research facility |
| |  | | The new £3 million Paul O’Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre at Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow was officially opened by Dr Richard Rockefeller on Thursday 22nd May 2008. | | Release date: 20 June 2008 | |
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| Diagnosis of Cancer in Teenagers and Young Adults |
| |  | | At a conference organized by the Teenage Cancer Trust, Professor Tim Eden described some of the delays and problems faced by teenagers and young adults (TYA) who are eventually diagnosed with cancer. | | Release date: 9 June 2008 | |
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