Vanessa Bayer is sharing how her family used humor to deal with her leukemia diagnosis as a child. While appearing on SiriusXM’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, the Saturday Night Live alum, ...

Gertrude B. Elion, a chemist working in the research laboratories of Burroughs Wellcome, revolutionized childhood cancer ...

Maternal overweight or obesity during early pregnancy increases the risk for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) only in daughters, whereas gestational weight gain (GWG) shows no significant ...

Tandem CD19/CD22 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy) uses a single construct engineered to recognise both CD19 and CD22 on malignant B cells. This dual-targeting approach is ...

The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), the Josep Carreras Foundation (FJC), and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD) have agreed to develop a joint research programme on ...

Children born by planned C-section have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) later in life. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.

It’s a new application for a cancer medicine that traditionally helps adults. But when it was given to young patients with the most common form of childhood leukemia, it was a game-changer. Every ...

Nearly a third of families have trouble making ends meet while their child undergoes chemotherapy They are more likely to lose income and struggle with basic living expenses THURSDAY, Dec. 11, 2025 ...

Leukaemia is the commonest cancer to affect children - surveys from Denmark indicate a 65 in 100,000 chance for a boy and a 46 in 100,000 chance for a girl developing leukaemia up to the age of 14 ...

A Texas mom shared heartwarming video of her daughter’s delight after her brother came to visit her in the hospital. Abby was receiving treatment and had to be in isolation for nine days. Despite the ...

Childhood cancer survivors have a persistent risk of subsequent leukemia beyond 10 years, especially with high epipodophyllotoxin exposure. Survivors show a 9-fold increased risk for late leukemia and ...

Childhood leukemia treatment can increase risk of financial toxicity among families Nearly a third of families have trouble making ends meet while their child undergoes chemotherapy They are more ...