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
Test doubles childhood cancer survival rates
Australian doctors say a new test for a common childhood cancer can double survival rates. Doctors from the Sydney Children's Hospital...
Mar 13, 2013
Blood Cancer Treatment - Making Informed Choices (free educational program)
Blood Cancer Treatment - Making Informed Choices Presented by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Date: February 26, 2013 Time: 1:00 p.m. -...
Jan 31, 2013
Genetic Basis of High-Risk Childhood Cancer Points to Possible New Drug Treatment Strategy
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists lead a study that finds new genetic defects in high-risk childhood leukemia subtypes...
Jan 22, 2013
Broccoli compound fighting childhood cancer
Once again broccoli and its family of cruciferous vegetables has been found as another possible treatment, this time for the childhood...
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...
Dec 18, 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 20, 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 13, 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...
Nov 2, 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...
Oct 19, 2012