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. 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. The collaboration between St. Jude Children's Research ...

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. Using data on nearly 978,000 married couples in Norway, researchers found that divorce rates between 1974 and 2001 were no higher among couples with a child suffering from cancer compared with ...

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. A study by doctors from the United States found that young adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk of a range of cardiac problems such as heart failure ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, UK researchers report. "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 United Kingdom," Dr. Aliki J. Taylor, of the ...