Ten-year-old Matty Hayes is among the 90 percent of kids who are still alive five years after being treated for leukemia. But he's also among the 60 percent who suffer severe side effects from the intense chemotherapy that ...
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Children with cancer have a good chance of surviving the disease—today more than 80 percent survive because of advances in treatment and care. However, recent studies have shown that some of these more than 420,000 U.S. ...
Apr 21, 2015
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The number of childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. has increased, but the majority of those who have survived five or more years after diagnosis face chronic health problems related to their treatment, according to a new ...
Apr 6, 2015
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The prevalence of childhood cancer survivors is estimated to have increased, and the majority of those who have survived five or more years beyond diagnosis may have at least one chronic health condition. The study was published ...
Apr 1, 2015
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A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Nature Genetics describes a newly-discovered, heritable genetic cause of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), namely mutation of the gene ETV6. Much ...
Mar 25, 2015
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Decades after undergoing cranial irradiation for childhood cancer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators found that adult survivors of pediatric cancer remain at risk for pituitary hormone deficiencies that ...
Feb 13, 2015
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A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children. The method involves studying genetic 'micro-variation', rather than the presence of individual mutations.
Jan 28, 2015
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Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, according to new research published online today (Wednesday) in Human Reproduction, one of the world's leading ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Viral therapy for childhood cancer could possibly improve if treatments such as chemotherapy do not first suppress patients' immune systems, according to findings published today in the journal Molecular Therapy—Oncolytics. ...
Jan 21, 2015
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Children born to parents who work with paints, glues and other industrial solvents are more likely to develop brain tumours, WA researchers have found.
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