Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Increased Sarcoma Risk
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of pediatric cancer face nine times the normal risk for developing a sarcoma at least five years after treatment for the initial cancer, a new study reveals.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Early growth patterns in a girl's life, going back as far as her birth weight, influence her later risk of developing breast cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Children with cancer are more likely than other children to have a variety of deformities, such as droopy eyelids and legs of different lengths, new research shows. This suggests that there are genetic defects or early prenatal environmental factors that influence the occurrence of both problems.
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According to a new study that suggests the family-associated increased risk of some cancers may extend well beyond the immediate family.
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Children exposed to passive smoking have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than other youngsters, according to new research.
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Even after more than a decade after diagnosis, cancer survivors may have a poorer quality of life and more health limitations than others their age, according to a US study.
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Children whose parents have cancer often suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms that adults underestimate, Dutch researchers said on Wednesday.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- University of Utah researchers have identified some of the genetic events that cause a particularly deadly childhood muscle cancer,
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NEW YORK  - When a person is first diagnosed with cancer and undergoes treatment, their work may suffer; but in the long run, most people who survive cancer work a similar number of hours as anyone else, new study findings show.
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Researchers from Iceland have found that close relatives of cancer patients have a much higher risk of developing cancer themselves and the higher risk extends beyond the immediate family.
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Cancer can really mess up a person's  life, even years after he or she has beaten the disease, U.S.  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDayNews) -- An American adult diagnosed with cancer today has a 64 percent of surviving for at least five years, while almost 80 percent of children with cancer can expect similar outcomes, according to new data presented Thursday.
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A growing body of evidence linking increased night light to certain types of cancer has led researchers to suspect it could be connected to the steady increase in cases of childhood leukemia.
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Survivors with diets high in meat and refined grains triple their risk of recurrence or death.
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PARIS  - The chances of surviving childhood cancer have risen dramatically in Europe, although there remains a big gap between East and West and incidence of the disease appears to be rising, a study said.
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Most children who undergo cancer treatment will develop one or more chronic health problems later in life due to the illness and complications from its treatment, a study released Tuesday suggested.
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Pesticides or chemicals in the  environment may be behind the steady rise in cases of childhood  leukemia, which have increased five-fold since the early 1900s,  scientists said on Monday.