Bladder tumor risk higher after childhood cancer

2010-03-04T13:18:06Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are at a four-fold increased risk of developing new cancers of the bladder later in life, new research shows.</p><p>But their risk is still very small; based on the findings, fewer than one-half of a percent of all childhood cancer survivors will be diagnosed with bladder cancer by age 55.</p><p>About three-quarters of children diagn...

depeche mode performing

2010-02-18T17:46:19Z

Depeche Mode performing at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of 'Teenage Cancer Trust'. London, England - 17.02.10

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Project seeks genetic basis of childhood cancer

2010-02-22T15:10:47Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers announced a new project on Monday to sequence all the genes in childhood tumors to try to discover previously unknown causes of cancer.</p><p>They also hope they can use the research to help tailor treatments for children, to spare them radiation and chemotherapy that may do them little good.</p><p>The col...

Child's cancer does not raise divorce risk: study

2010-02-22T23:30:32Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some concerns to the contrary, new research suggests that dealing with a child's cancer does not generally raise parents' risk of divorce.</p><p>Using data on nearly 978,000 married couples in Norway, researchers found that divorce rates between 1974 and 2001 were no higher among couples w...

Child cancer survivors have higher heart risk-study

2010-02-23T18:52:07Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults because of the cancer treatment they received, researchers said Wednesday.</p><p>A study by doctors from the United States found that young adult survivors of childhood ca...

Thyroid cancer a risk after childhood cancer

2010-02-24T13:42:56Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, UK researchers report.</p><p>"Survival after childhood cancer has greatly improved over the last three decades with 5-year survival 75 percent during the 1990s compared to 25 percent during the 1960s in the

Children who survived cancer less likely to marry: study

2010-02-24T19:48:43Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The scars of childhood cancer may go beyond the physical with adults who survived cancer as children less likely to get married, according to a U.S. study.</p><p>Childhood cancer survivors are known to be at risk of long-term health effects from their cancer treatment including hormon...

Childhood cancer survivors less likely to marry

2010-02-24T19:51:21Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The scars of childhood cancer may go beyond the physical: Adults who survived cancer as children may have lower-than-average likelihood of getting married, a new study suggests.</p><p>Childhood cancer survivors are known to be at risk of long-term health effects from their cancer treatment -- including hormone deficiencies, learning impairm...

Abbey Clancy

2009-08-20T07:36:00Z

Wag Abbey Clancy at a Teenage Cancer Trusts fashion show, designed by students from London College of Fashion. Copyright: The London Paper....

Study finds pesticide link to childhood leukemia

2010-02-26T02:53:09Z

<div><p>Patients with childhood leukemia have elevated levels of household pesticides in their urine, according to a new study by the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.</p><p>"In our study, we compared urine samples from children with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and their mothers with healthy children and their moms," said study researc...

Birth weight appears associated with leukemia

2010-02-26T14:00:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be an association between high birth weight and an increased risk of overall leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) appears to be associated with the high and low extremes of birth weight.</p><p>"There is a growing body of evidence indicating that childhood leukemia is i...

Radiation not needed in common childhood cancer

2010-02-26T16:57:57Z

<div><p>BOSTON (Reuters) - Children can be treated for a common form of childhood leukemia without bombarding the brain with radiation, reducing the risk that they will suffer additional tumors and thinking problems, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.</p><p>They said chemotherapy injected into the blood and the fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord produced results tha...

Team homes in on genetic causes of neuroblastoma

2010-02-26T19:58:41Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A missing stretch of DNA on a chromosome involved in nervous system development may help explain why some children are predisposed to a deadly type of tumor called neuroblastoma, researchers reported on Wednesday.</p><p>The study is the first to show that repeats or deletions of a genetic sequence, as o...

First-ever link between missing DNA and cancer: study

2010-02-26T20:02:01Z

<div><p>Scientists reported Wednesday the first link ever found between cancer and a type of genetic defect, called copy number variation, characterised by missing or extra bits of DNA.</p><p>The breakthrough came in a study on neuroblastoma, a devastating paediatric disease of the nervous system that accounts for 15 percent of all cancer deaths among young children.</p><p>Researchers led by

Brad Pitt, family give $1M to Missouri hospital

2010-02-26T21:07:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Brad Pitt, siblings donate $1M to hometown Missouri hospital to open new cancer center</div><div><p>Brad Pitt and his siblings have given $1 million to help a Missouri hospital open a new pediatric cancer center that will be named for their mother.</p><p>Pitt and his siblings' families, Doug and

terrence howard

2009-06-15T13:14:08Z

Terrence Howard sells lemonade outside of the Ritz-Carlton to raise money for the child cancer charity, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Philadelphia, Pennsylvani...

bullet for my valentine

2009-03-31T13:49:48Z

Jason James Bullet For My Valentine performing at Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England - 28...

Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma Symptoms

2010-03-03T15:45:05Z

<p>Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma Symptoms</p><p>By Jennifer Schroeder</p><p></p><p>Rhabdomyosarcoma typically produces a tumor along or within a muscle. It would look like a round bump was growing right out of the muscle. Each type of rhabdomyosarcoma has a different target area but so little research has been done on adults that you should expect any type to appear anywhere.</p><p&...

Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma - An Overview

2010-03-05T08:35:33Z

<p>Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma - An Overview</p><p>By [Http://Ezinearticles.Com/?Expert=Jennifer_Schroeder]Jennifer Schroeder</p><p></p><p>Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma Is A Cancer That Many People Have Never Heard Of. It Isn'T One Of Those Cancers That Thousands Of People Get In A Year And It Isn'T A Cancer That You See A Lot Of Money Being Raised For. Yet It Is A Cancer That Kills Every Adult That Gets It....

Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood

2010-03-05T11:58:03Z

Definition of rhabdomyosarcoma: Cancer that forms in the soft tissues in a type of muscle called striated muscle. Rhabdomyosarcoma can occur anywhere in the body. Treatment Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Treatment [patient] [health professional] Metastatic Cancer: Q&A Prevention, Genetics, Causes Information related to prevention, genetics, and risk factors Understanding Gen...

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