New biomarker may predict leukaemia aggressiveness

Monday, April 20, 2009 - 05:49 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the Moores UCSD Cancer Centre have evidence of a potential new biomarker to predict the aggressiveness of an often difficult-to-treat form of leukaemia. They found that high levels of a particular enzyme in the blood are an indicator that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) - the most common form of adult leukaemia - will be aggressive and in need of immediate treatment...

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