Topic: Pediatric Cancer
Zumapress | 2009-08-20 10:47:16
Wag Abbey Clancy at a Teenage Cancer Trusts fashion show, designed by students from London College of Fashion. Copyright: The London Paper.
AFP American Edition | 2009-07-30 13:00:28
<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 ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-07-02 22:44:24
<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 ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2009-06-25 09:47:10
<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 ...
