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Study finds higher breast cancer risk after certain forms of childhood cancer treatment

In a new study, scientists from the Princess Máxima Center investigated the risk of breast cancer in women who were treated for childhood...

Invasive breast cancer rates decline over time among childhood cancer survivors

Invasive breast cancer rates declined modestly during the past 30 years among childhood cancer survivors, according to study results ...

Study Supports Early Breast Cancer Screening in Child Cancer Survivors Not Treated With Radiation

Early initiation of breast cancer screening may reduce breast cancer mortality for female survivors of childhood cancer who did not...

BMT survivor study finds significant breast cancer risk in young women who received total body irrad

A new study examining long-term outcomes of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) found that patients who received total body irradiation...

Monitoring for breast cancer after childhood chest radiation: When and how?

Simulation finds starting at age 30 with MRI and mammography to be the preferred strategy; starting at 25 prevented marginally more...

Risk of malignancy ‘markedly’ increased after childhood cancer

Children who received radiation treatment are nearly 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as an adult, according to...

Higher Anthracycline Doses Linked to Breast Malignancy Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Higher doses of anthracyclines are associated with increased risk of breast cancer in women who survived childhood cancer, regardless of...

Breast Cancer Screening Can Begin Later in Childhood Cancer Survivors

In female survivors of childhood cancers with a history of chest irradiation, initiation of breast cancer screening at age 30 years may...

Genetic profiling may inform breast cancer risk in young childhood cancer survivors

A combined evaluation of common variants with small effects and rare predisposing mutations among young female childhood cancer survivors...

Mortality risk after breast cancer greater among those who survived childhood cancers

Female childhood cancer survivors who developed breast cancer later in life appeared more than twice as likely to die of any cause than...

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Pediatric Cancer Survivors Treated With Abdominopelvic RT Have Higher Risk of CRC

Study shows potential of new treatment strategies for most common childhood cancer

Promising target for CAR T cells helps cancer trick the immune system

Palliative Care Important for Young Patients During ‘Identity Development’

Scientists discover new Achilles heel of leukemia cells

Promising investigational therapy improves survival in aggressive childhood brain tumor

Childhood cancer mortality has fallen significantly in the US, but disparities have emerged

St. Jude scientists identify T-cell differentiation nodes to improve cancer-killing

Analysis shows high rate of ‘significant’ health problems in childhood cancer survivors

Fusion oncoprotein forces cell fates toward rhabdomyosarcoma