Indicator Found That Warns Leukemia Is Progressing To More Dangerous Form, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) And Stanford University School of Medicine Study

ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2009) — Scientists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, Stanford University School of Medicine and other centers have identified a mechanism by which a chronic form of leukemia can progress into a deadlier stage of the disease. The findings may provide physicians with an indicator of when this type of cancer – chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) – is progressing, enabling them to make more accurate prognoses for the disease and improved treatment choices.