Adults who have survived childhood cancer are at increased risk of severe COVID-19
People who have survived cancer as children are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, even decades after their diagnosis. Read...
Sep 9
Planned C-Sections Linked to Higher Risk of Cancer in Children
Planned caesarean births—"C-sections"—slightly raise the risk of some childhood cancers—particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL),...
Sep 5
Timepoint at which developing B-cells become cancerous impacts leukemia treatment
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and University Health Network showed that the stage of B-cell development at which...
Sep 4
Some cancer cells just won't commit: Why that might be good news for neuroblastoma patients
Identifying why some patients regress and others don't could help thousands of patients. [...] In mice bred to have tumors that were...
Sep 3
Genetics of cardiomyopathy risk in cancer survivors differ by age of onset
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital studied how common and rare genetic variants influence late-onset cardiomyopathy...
Sep 2