Benefits persist in T cell therapy for children with relapsed leukemia
An innovative cell therapy against a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) continues to show highly promising...
Dec 8, 2014
New study demonstrates advances in creating treatment for common childhood blood cancer
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center conclude new drug in development may offer first alternative to standard chemotherapy for...
Oct 20, 2014
Pediatric ALL Protocols Have Low Risk of Late Effects
Long-term outcomes of patients treated for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with modern treatment protocols are good, with an...
Jul 8, 2014
Down Syndrome's Link To Leukemia Risk Lies In The Genes, Study Finds
For nearly a century, doctors have known that children with Down syndrome face a heightened risk of developing acute lymphoblastic...
Apr 22, 2014
Cancer breakthrough for North East scientists at Newcastle University
Researchers at Newcastle University have found that people born with a rare abnormality of their chromosomes have a 2,700-fold increased...
Mar 25, 2014
Research Study of T Cell Immunotherapy Continues to Show Highly Promising Results in Children and Ad
Nearly 90 percent of children and adults with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showed no evidence of cancer...
Dec 13, 2013
New Thinking on Childhood Cancer Survivors
Thanks to treatment advances, the vast majority of children diagnosed with leukemia are living well into adulthood. But the powerful...
Nov 7, 2013
Inherited gene variation tied to high-risk pediatric leukemia and greater risk of relapse
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has linked an inherited gene variation to a nearly four-fold increased...
Oct 28, 2013
Gene for most common childhood cancer identified
An aberrant gene has been found to cause the most common childhood cancer in the world, pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL....
Sep 13, 2013
Rate of secondary cancers increases after childhood leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer among children and adults, with nearly 4,000 new cases being diagnosed each...
Jun 24, 2013