Leukemia

Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with bone marrow cancer

The 72-year-old is serving his sentence while preparing for a retrial scheduled for November 12, after his 2020 conviction was overturned. In that trial, Weinstein had been found guilty of rape, but in April this year, New York’s Court of Appeals annulled the conviction, ruling that he did not receive a fair trial.

Greek teen’s marrow to be transplanted to Turkish kid

A stem cell found for a three-year-old leukemia patient waiting for transplantation in the southern province of Adana was brought to Turkey from Greece as a result of the efforts of the Health Ministry.
The son of the Şengezer couple living in Adana, Kuzey Deniz, was hospitalized last year after sudden fever.

Success rate in leukemia treatment in children went up to 92 percent: NGO chair

Leukemia has become highly treatable in Turkey, with currently 92 percent of children suffering from the blood cancer responding to the treatment, said Dr. Üstün Ezer, the founder and chairperson of LÖSEV, a Turkish NGO which provides support to children affected by leukemia.

First in Europe: Every day one child is diagnosed with cancer in Serbia

BELGRADE - In Serbia every day one child is diagnosed with cancer, and every week one dies from this disease. Serbia is the first in Europe according to this statistics, and only the fact that cancers among the youngest are curable in growing percentage (almost 80 percent of cases) is encouraging.

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