Childhood leukemia is one of the most widespread cancers occurring in children. It is responsible for almost one-third of all ...

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 ...

Since completing treatment for leukemia in March, Levi Buxman is learning how to be a kid again — and advocating on Capitol Hill while he’s at it.

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and collaborators have identified the RNA-binding protein RBM5 as a ...

Precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a fast-growing leukemia that affects early B cells in bone marrow. It’s both more common and has a better outlook in children. Leukemia is a type of ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same leukemia-causing gene mutation can have dramatically different outcomes: It depends on ...

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 ...

Children born by planned C-section have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) later in life. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado physicians helped research a new treatment protocol for the most common form of childhood cancer that has “instantly” changed how doctors treat ...

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in children, although it is rare. It begins in the bone marrow and rapidly progresses. Long-term survival rates exceed 90%, but ...