It is frightening to think that almost 1 in 300 children between birth and age 20 will have been diagnosed with cancer. Yet with the cure rate for these children increasing to about 80 per cent we have a lot to be thankful for.

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With the increase survival rate doctors are now worried that the [...]

TUESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) — Genetic variations appear to affect the way children respond to treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia, researchers report.

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Although about 80 percent of children suffering from this type of blood and bone marrow cancer are cured, some children do not respond to treatment. Now researchers think they know why.
“For the first [...]

Leukemia is a cancer that occurs in blood cells. There are several types of leukemia and these are classified by how quickly they progress and which cells they affect. Leukemia in children, as in adults, is described in two ways. The types include:
acute (rapidly growing) or
chronic (slowly growing).
Almost all childhood leukemia is acute.
The two main [...]