Leukemia, Childhood Articles

• Care for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Questions and Answers
  ... Key Points Children's cancer centers are hospitals or units in hospitals that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children and adolescents (see Question 1). Several groups have ...
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• Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment
  ... Recurrent childhood ALL is cancer that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. The leukemia may come back in the blood and bone marrow, brain, testicles, spinal cord, or in other parts of ...
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• Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment
  ... Recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) are cancers that have recurred (come back) after they have been treated. The cancer may come back in the bl...
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• NCI Research on Childhood Cancers
  ... In the United States, approximately 8,600 children were diagnosed with cancer and about 1,500 children died from the disease in 2001. While this makes cancer the leading cause of death by disease amon...
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• New Research Suggests Link between Maternal Diet and Childhood Leukemia Risk
  ... A new study suggests that eating more vegetables, fruit and protein before pregnancy may lower the risk of having a child who develops leukemia, the most common childhood cancer in the United States. ...
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• The NCI Cancer Centers Program
  ... The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Centers Program comprises more than 50 NCI-designated cancer centers engaged in multidisciplinary research to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortali...
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