Chemo for leukemia doesn't harm brain development
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NEW YORK  - Unlike cranial radiation,   chemotherapy for children with a certain type of leukemia does   not appear to have harmful long-term effects on intelligence,   even at high doses, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - About half of the patients in  the US with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, (NHL), cancer of  the lymph glands, are not receiving the full dose of  chemotherapy that is recommended, investigators report in the  Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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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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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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MUNICH -- Umbilical cord blood helped children with acute leukemia as well as the bone marrow transplants that doctors now prefer, a study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - In general, chemotherapy  appears to increase the risk of stroke in patients with breast  cancer. However, researchers report in the October 20th issue  of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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MILWAUKEE -- Umbilical-cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two big studies indicate.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.
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About half the patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma in the United States don&#39;t receive the recommended dose and schedule of chemotherapy, which reduces their
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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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A 9-year-old boy who nicknamed his brain tumor "Frank" and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said Tuesday.
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ELEANOR HALL: It&#39;s been found to help ameliorate some of the side-effects of chemotherapy, reduce spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and help patients with chronic pain.
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Â· Tissue from young girls matured in laboratory Â· Technique could avoid chemotherapy side-effect.
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Approximately half of the patients in the US with aggressive non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL) are not receiving the full dose of chemotherapy that is recommended
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Israelâs prime minister said the cancer is not life-threatening and would not distract his work.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.