Childhood leukemia, the most common type of cancer in children and teens, is a cancer of the white blood cells. Abnormal white blood cells form in the bone marrow. They quickly travel through the ...

Scientists have performed the largest study yet examining drug sensitivity in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia across genomic subtypes and its association with treatment response. Scientists at ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same ...

Every parent knows that feeling. Your child seems a little off. Not quite themselves. Maybe they’re more tired than usual or have a bruise that appeared out of nowhere. Most of the time, it’s nothing ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same ...

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 ...

Nearly a third of families with children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)—the most common ...

Asking about someone’s age is a well-known taboo. Unless, of course, you are asking a child. Then the topic of age is one that frequently brings joy and a sense of pride with each passing year. In ...

In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia ...

Every parent should know and check for signs of leukemia. Because, checking and handling that is not fast and right can ...

This story is sponsored by UtahRadon.org. While radon gas is known to cause lung cancer, an 18-year, 700-plus county study from Oregon State University found a link between exposure to radon gas and ...