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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently updated the NCCN Guidelines for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the most common acute leukemia affecting adults. Noteworthy updates include the incorporation of risk stratification based on white blood cell count, the alternative to use cord blood in allogeneic stem cell transplants, and new treatment options for adults over the age of 60 with AML FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Comprehensive...

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) announced today the publication of results from a pre-clinical study of darinaparsin (ZIO-101) in the July 17, 2008 on line advance publication issue of Leukemia, a Nature publication. The article, titled "A novel arsenical has antitumor activity toward As(2)O(3)-resistant and MRP(1)/ABCC(1)- overexpressing cell lines," was led by Wilson Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medicine and Oncology, McGill University-Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Canada....