September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The most common type of childhood cancer is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a blood and bone marrow cancer that creates immature white blood cells that ...

Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and experience higher rates of relapse and treatment toxicity. In recent decades, new therapies have ...

Children with Down syndrome have a significantly increased risk of leukemia, while adults have a lower risk of several common ...

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common paediatric malignancy, and advances in treatment have significantly improved survival. However, the intensified chemotherapeutic regimens, ...

Survival of Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Improves With the Availability of Fluorouracil-Leucovorin, Irinotecan, and Oxaliplatin in the Course of Treatment Treatment for acute lymphoblastic ...

—These investigators explored associations among early-life and in utero infections and cytomegalovirus-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, with signs pointing to underlying immune ...

The FDA approved Blincyto for patients aged one month and older with CD19-positive, Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration ...

Several decades ago, two New Orleans children developed the same disease: acute lymphoblastic leukemia. But before that, they shared something else in common: The same name. Dorian Scott, 40, and ...

After a brief period of being cancer-free, Stewart's leukemia relapses, leading to the need for a bone marrow transplant. The hope is that Jimmy will be the perfect match, but fate has other plans.

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), or acute lymphocytic leukemia, is a type of cancer of the white blood cells. Symptoms can include bleeding, bruising, anemia, and infections. Chemotherapy ...