Genetic mutations that drive the development of a common type of childhood leukaemia can be traced back to errors by the immune system during the production of antibodies. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-links-childhood-leukaemia-immune.html
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists announced a milestone Thursday in their efforts to preserve the fertility of young boys undergoing cancer treatments. The advance involves using cryopreserved testicular tissue to produce sperm for in vitro fertilization. Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-monkey-shows-childhood-cancer-might-no-longer-be-the-end-of-male-fertility?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1
In what appears to be a first in Canada, a London mom is taking on the federal health agency that funds cancer research, claiming age discrimination is damaging the country’s children and adolescents. Read more: https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-mom-files-landmark-complaint-in-child-cancer-research-battle
Treatments for childhood cancer can devastate lives years later. Scientists are trying to change tha
More than 30 years ago, a new kind of patient began to appear in the cardiology clinic at Boston Children's Hospital: young people whose cancer treatment first saved their lives and then threatened to kill them. Read more: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/treatments-childhood-cancer-can-devastate-lives-years-later-scientists-are-trying
As adults, childhood cancer survivors have a 30-fold higher risk than the general population of developing common skin malignancies known as basal cell carcinoma, a Dutch study suggests. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-skincancer-childhood-cancer/childhood-cancer-survivors-at-high-risk-for-skin-malignancies-idUSKBN1QP2E6
A new study estimating childhood cancer has revealed a worrying trend - nearly half the kids in the world who get cancer, including many from Asia and Africa, might never get properly diagnosed – and that means they never get any treatment. Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/nearly-half-the-kids-in-the-world-who-get-cancer-don-t-get-diagnosed-study-says