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Cardiac RT May Amplify Late Disease Risk in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Receipt of radiotherapy to cardiac substructures appears to increase the risk of cardiac disease among adult survivors of childhood...

Radiotherapy may explain why childhood cancer survivors often develop metabolic disease

A new study finds that childhood cancer patients who were treated with abdominal or total body irradiation grow up to display...

Watching movies can replace general anesthesia for kids with cancer having radiotherapy

Children with cancer could be spared dozens of doses of general anesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the inside of a...

Childhood cancer survivors benefit from reduced radiation treatment

The rate of second malignancies in survivors of childhood cancer is declining — an improvement linked to reduced radiation treatment of...

Diabetes in Cancer Survivors a Late Effect of Abdominal Radiation?

Children and young adults treated with total body or abdominal radiotherapy have an increased risk for insulin resistance and diabetes...

Developing ‘kinder’ treatments for a devastating childhood cancer

Breakthrough as new drug promises to shield child cancer patients from hearing loss

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

Aggressive Cancer Cells Transformed Into Healthy Cells in Breakthrough

Cardiac RT May Amplify Late Disease Risk in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Are Cannabis-Based Medicines Safe for Children With Cancer?

Homoharringtonine May be ‘Better Alternative’ to Etoposide In Pediatric AML

Researchers discover new therapeutic approach for neuroblastoma

Solving the Mystery of Long-Lasting Cancer Treatment – Scientists Reveal New Insights

The challenge of treating childhood brain cancers