Clinical Challenges: Pediatric ALL in Children With Obesity
Although obesity has been strongly linked to 13 cancers in adults, and is suspected as a risk factor in many hematologic malignancies, ...
Jun 16, 2021
New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in ...
Jun 1, 2021
Low-calorie diet and mild exercise improve survival for young people with leukemia
Now, a study led by researchers at UCLA and Children's Hospital Los Angeles has shown that a combination of modest dietary changes and...
Apr 6, 2021
Study: Stem Cell Transplants Prevent Relapses of Most Common Childhood Cancer
Children and young adults who receive CAR T-cell therapy for the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, suffer...
Apr 5, 2021
Radiation Therapy for Childhood Leukemia Alters BMI Heritability, Study Finds
Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), who are at high risk for obesity, exhibit alterations in genetic...
Dec 14, 2020
Reduced-intensity therapy effective for children with very low-risk ALL
Children with very low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia can be treated successfully with reduced-intensity therapy, according to ...
Nov 3, 2020
Children with Down syndrome, ALL at higher risk for poor outcomes
Children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia continue to experience poorer outcomes than children with ALL who do not...
Jun 3, 2020
Consuming Antioxidants Through Dietary Intake Beneficial for Patients with Childhood ALL
In a study of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that the...
May 12, 2020
Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia at higher risk for type 2 diabetes
Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, particularly those with obesity and/or who received treatment during adolescence,...
Jan 13, 2020
Immunotherapy drug improves outcomes for some children with relapsed leukemia
New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for...
Dec 11, 2019