UT Southwestern study shows fasting kills cancer cells of common childhood leukemia
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that intermittent fasting inhibits the development and progression of the most...
Dec 16, 2016
This 8-year-old is free of cancer — for now — after a ‘breakthrough’ treatment
8-year-old Ava Christiansen has been battling cancer for half her life. Now a new specialized cancer treatment may be able to keep her in...
Oct 6, 2016
Childhood Leukemia Was Practically Untreatable Until Dr. Don Pinkel and St. Jude Hospital Found a Cu
A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment Read more:...
Jun 29, 2016
Methotrexate exposure impacts cognitive processes cancer survivors need to multitask
Research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital suggests that pediatric leukemia patients exposed to higher concentrations of the...
Jun 7, 2016
High Doses Of Common Chemo Drug Methotrexate Limit Relapses Of Childhood Leukemia
With a cure rate approaching 90 percent, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood cancer, is one of the big...
Apr 27, 2016
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to Initiate Clinical Trial for Kids with Treatment-Resistant Leukemi
The Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases (CCCBD) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of the first sites in the world to...
Mar 29, 2016
Childhood leukemia patients from low-income areas relapse earlier, study finds
92% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in high-poverty areas relapse less than 36 months after remission compared with only...
Feb 23, 2016
Attention problems persist in childhood leukemia survivors treated with chemotherapy alone
Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients treated with chemotherapy alone remain at risk for attention and learning problems...
Feb 10, 2016
Promising new results from immunotherapy
After about five years of testing in humans, an experimental cell therapy that boosts the immune system continues to produce long...
Dec 18, 2015
Children with childhood leukemia benefit from prophylactic antibiotics
Prophylactic antibiotics significantly reduce the risk of serious bacterial infections in children during the critical first month of...
Dec 18, 2015