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

Circumstantial and direct evidence, including a review of twin and backtracking studies, demonstrate potential prenatal development of acute childhood leukemias. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and ...

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare but aggressive childhood leukemia. While hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is curative for some patients, approximately half of all patients see ...

Researchers announced a significant paradigm shift in the understanding of T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), an aggressive and high-risk form of cancer, to one frequently driven by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frozen embryo transfer vs. natural conception was tied to increased acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk. Children ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chances of children being diagnosed with leukemia seem to be related to the number of infections they had in their first year of life, research from the UK suggests. Dr ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same leukemia-causing gene mutation can have dramatically different outcomes: it depends on ...

* Planned cesarean linked to higher risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia * B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk increased by 29 percent in planned //births * Immune development may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infection occurred in 3.2% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 5.2% with acute myeloid leukemia.

A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation.