- Dec 18, 2012
New leukemia treatment uses disabled HIV to save girl’s life
A new leukemia treatment, which showed success in adults during its debut, is now making the same headway in children, states a report...
- Nov 20, 2012
Pediatrics Study Discredits “Kind and Gentle” Chemo Approach for Kids with Leukemia
For decades, children have received chemotherapy over days, rather than minutes, under the assumption the “kinder and gentler” approach...
- Nov 13, 2012
Gene sequencing project identifies abnormal gene that launches rare childhood leukemia
Research led by the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified a fusion...
- Nov 2, 2012
Childhood leukemia survival rate up sharply
A generation ago, childhood leukemia was a death sentence. Today, the majority of kids diagnosed will live and that's especially true in...
- Oct 19, 2012
Prolonged formula feeding associated with Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
According to an epidemiological study presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research...
- Aug 13, 2012
Existing drugs offer new treatment options for high-risk childhood leukemia subtype
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Scientists have identified new genetic alterations underlying a high-risk subtype...
- Aug 13, 2012
Existing drugs offer new treatment options for high-risk childhood leukemia subtype
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Scientists have identified new genetic alterations underlying a high-risk subtype...
- Jul 30, 2012
Study is recruiting families with a history of familial pediatric leukemia or lymphoma
We are conducting a study at Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center...