Genetic Events May Cause Deadly Childhood Cancer
500464
THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- University of Utah researchers have identified some of the genetic events that cause a particularly deadly childhood muscle cancer,
501715
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.
569175
THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- Gene mutations found in babies who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) could help explain why certain infants are at increased risk, according to a study in the September issue of Pediatric Research.
10866
Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
480143
Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
548458
Scientists in Iceland find relatives of patients are at a significantly higher risk of developing cancer than are members of the general population.
93925
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.
766239
A family of enzymes may trigger cancer by sabotaging cell memory, research suggests.
256563
NEW YORK  - Women who survived childhood cancer have an increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with other women their age, the results of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study reveal.
351500
NEW YORK  - Bigger babies seem to have a  greater risk of developing certain cancers as adults, a new  study finds.
82647
NEW YORK  - Women who survived childhood  cancer have an increased risk of developing breast cancer  compared with other women their age, the results of the  Childhood Cancer Survivor Study reveal.
260663
Researchers say they have found six new sites of variation in the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer.
767173
Children who are overweight appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life, according to an analysis of British records.
303804
Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.
279474
NEW YORK  - A syndrome that increases the risk of some skin cancers may be a subset of a syndrome that increases the risk of colon cancer, report researchers from The Ohio State University, Columbus.
310355
A mother's exposure to environmental pollutants during pregnancy is "probably" a factor in most childhood cancers, new British research suggests.
161993
A rare genetic flaw that occurs spontaneously during development may sharply increase the risk that a child will develop autism, researchers report.