Leukemia therapy can impair school performance
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Certain treatments may affect  the scholastic achievement of childhood leukemia survivors,  Finnish researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  However, many of these treated children do not appear to be  disadvantaged.
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The first comparison of test scores in charter schools and public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than students in regular public schools.
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Doctors following 103-children recently diagnosed with leukemia measuring antioxidant levels, antioxidant capacity and oxidative damage during the first six months of treatment.
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A supplement containing fatty acids may help children do better at school, suggests a UK researcher.
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A three-year-old "bubble boy" undergoing pioneering gene therapy in London has developed leukemia, marking another setback for the experimental treatment.
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Kids undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of childhood leukemia have significant reductions in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels, which could lead to bad side effects from the treatment.
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The Childhood Cancer Research Group at Oxford University have found that living near high-voltage power lines doubles the risk of certain childhood cancers including leukemia.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Food and Drug Administration is giving hope to children with Leukemia that don&#39;t respond to traditional treatments.
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Drug therapy given before the  primary chemotherapy for breast cancer does not appear to  worsen mental processes, or &quot;cognitive function,&quot; German  investigators report in the journal Cancer. Suspicions that it  does may have been influenced by cases of mental decline that  occurred before treatment began.
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Pia Awal was in the midst of planning her October wedding when a routine doctor's visit brought devastating news. After more than a year of remission, her cancer was back. Now mid-October marks a different kind of milestone &#151; the time by which doctors say Awal, who has acute myelogenous leukemia, must receive a lifesaving stem cell, or bone marrow, transplant.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A highly targeted treatment that relies on the patient's own stem cells improves outcomes for children with brain tumors called medulloblastomas, U.S. researchers report.
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MONDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- Kids undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of childhood leukemia have significant reductions in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels, which could lead to bad side effects from the treatment.
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Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being developed for Alzheimer&#39;s disease could also provide a better treatment for
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Teenagers who&#39;ve survived  childhood cancers may be more likely than their siblings to be  depressed or anxious, have attention problems or show  antisocial behaviors, researchers report.
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Dec. 6, 2004 (San Diego) -- A new generation of medications to treat leukemia is wiping out cancer in people who fail to benefit from the blockbuster drug Gleevec, researchers say.
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Researchers have discovered a  genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood  leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being  developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better  treatment for the cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with methylphenidate,  better known as Ritalin, may reduce attentional and social  problems in kids who've survived leukemia or brain tumors,  according to researchers.