It is actually a family of diseases, with the two most common forms being Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). The disease affects children and adults and ...

Friday's Light Up for Leah 5K lasted into the night, and not by accident. The annual event in honor of children who died ...

The diagnosis at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ...

The term “rare blood disorders” describes less common conditions that affect blood cells’ ability to function correctly. Myeloproliferative disorders and lymphoproliferative disorders are ...

The paper covers low- and high-grade gliomas, craniopharyngiomas, pituitary adenomas, germ cell tumors, Langerhans cell histiocytosis and pineal parenchymal tumors, all of which can arise in this ...

Medical treatment is initially based upon the use of corticosteroids to treat the inflammatory process. Ordinarily, this is given in the form of high-dose prednisone or equivalent steroids ...

Hundreds of athletes and spectators went to the Florida State Fairground for FitFest, an event that featured everything from ...

I also care for patients with histiocytic disorders, including Langerhans cell histiocytosis. In addition to caring for patients, I am conducting research to develop and assess better treatments. My ...

Iowa football will have plenty of new faces in the stands when it takes on Troy at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 14.  Amid the ...

Grier, D.D., Robbins, K.J. Signet-ring plasma cell myeloma, American Journal of Hematology, doi: 10.1002/ajh.22155, 2011. Robbins, K.J., McLean, T., Grier, D.D ...

Mirdametinib is a small molecule commercialized by SpringWorks Therapeutics, with a leading Pre-Registration program in Neurofibromatoses Type I (Von Recklinghausen's Disease).

FCN-159 for the treatment of langerhans cell histiocytosis; HLX208, a BRAF V600E inhibitor for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer which are in phase II; FS-1502, a HER2 humanized ...