Largest childhood leukaemia study ever conducted finds 15% of cases due to gamma radiation
The largest study ever conducted on links between childhood cancer and background radiation show that natural gamma rays may be...
Jun 15, 2012
CT scans could triple risk of a brain tumour in children
Thousands of children every year who undergo head scans triple their risk of developing leukaemia or a brain tumour, scientists warn....
Jun 8, 2012
Big babies at higher risk of childhood cancer
Big babies are more likely to develop certain types of leukaemia and other childhood cancers, British researchers have discovered. Those...
May 2, 2012
Fertility drugs more than double childhood cancer risk, scientists say
Children born to women who took fertility drugs are more than twice as likely to develop leukemia, French scientists announced Tuesday....
May 2, 2012
Chemotherapy Proves Life-Saving for Some Leukemia Patients Who Fail Induction Therapy
An international study found that bone marrow transplants are not the best option for some young patients with acute lymphoblastic...
Apr 12, 2012
Childhood leukemia gets "theranostic" treatment
Researchers have developed a treatment platform that combines a selective diagnostic test with targeted therapy, based on the results of...
Apr 3, 2012
Childhood cancer survival rate up
Children diagnosed with the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, now have a nine in 10 chance of beating...
Mar 14, 2012
Supply of a Cancer Drug May Run Out Within Weeks
A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within...
Feb 13, 2012
Inherited Risk Factors for Childhood Leukemia are More Common in Hispanic Patients
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Results from a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's Oncology...
Feb 1, 2012
Study: Child leukemia doubles near nuclear power plants
The incidence of leukemia is twice as high in children living close to French nuclear power plants as in those living elsewhere in the...
Jan 13, 2012