More Pediatric Cancer News

• Discovery Boosts Boys' Prospects for Post-Cancer Fertility

  Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys ...

• Rare Cells Linked to Pediatric Cancers

  July 15 (HealthDay News) -- Certain types of circulating blood cells appear to be important ...

• For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation to the brain isn't necessary for most children with ...

• Taking Aim at Relapse of Leukemia in Kids

  June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified molecules that enable tumor cells to invade ...

• Risks Remain for Childhood Cancer Survivors

  May 26 (HealthDay News) -- People who survived cancer as children face a high lifelong ...

• Immune Therapy May Aid Kids with Neuroblastoma

  May 14 (HealthDay News) -- In a phase 3 clinical trial, an experimental immune-based treatment ...

• AIDS Drug Slows Spread of Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer

  March 26 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to combat AIDS may also help slow ...

• Aggressive Treatment Effective in Kids' Brain Cancer

  January 31 (HealthDay News) -- The best way to treat a rare form of childhood ...

• Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms

  January 27 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of female childhood cancer survivors under the age ...

• In Kids, Genes May Affect Leukemia Treatment

  January 27 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic variations appear to affect the way children respond to ...

• Gene Variant Raises Risk for Brain Cancer at Young Age

  January 26 (HealthDay News) -- A gene variant that may increase the risk of developing ...

• Older Drug Effective in Treating Pediatric Nerve Cancer

  January 20 (HealthDay News) -- An anti-cancer drug shelved because it was thought to be ...

• Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified

  January 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may have identified a subtype of T-lymphoblastic ...

• Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have identified a rare subtype of a ...

• Gene Governs Response to Leukemia Chemotherapy

  January 7 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation in leukemia cells predicts which children with acute ...

• Technique Preserves Future Fertility in Girls with Cancer

  November 5 (HealthDay News) -- Girls with childhood cancer may still be able to bear ...

• Chemo Alone Effective in Treating Kids' Brain Tumors

  October 10 (HealthDay News) -- Using chemotherapy alone, and delaying or avoiding radiation altogether, may ...

• Survival Rates Improve for Kids with Blood Cancers

  September 10 (HealthDay News) -- In the United States, 5- and 10-year survival rates continue ...

• One-Fifth of British Childhood Cancer Survivors Smoke

  August 6 (HealthDay News) -- A fifth of British adults who survived childhood cancers currently ...