Cancer rates for children and young adults are on the rise
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Cancers among children and older teenagers are increasing more quickly in Europe than 30 years ago, according to a major study published today.
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The number of mutated genes that drive development of cancer is greater than previously thought, research shows.
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Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.
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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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NEW YORK  - Preschool attendance appears to  lower the risk of Hodgkin's disease in young adults, according  to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
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Exposure to environmental pollution while in the womb might increase a child's risk of cancer, a study suggests.
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The rate of childhood cancer has slowly increased over the last three decades, research has found.
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MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women who were larger than average at birth have a sharply higher rate of breast cancer before age 50, a study by British and Swedish researchers suggests.
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Government statisticians reported a sharp rise in death rates for adults of virtually all ages and both sexes from 1997 to 2004.
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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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Cancer in children and adolescents in Europe has risen steadily over the past three decades but survival rates have improved, researchers said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - A substantial minority of young adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at least one severe health problem, according to a report presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Having had cancer as children increased the risk among surviving adult women for breast cancer, particularly those who were treated with chest radiation, a new study says.
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NEW YORK  - Children who consume high levels of diary products may have a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer in adulthood, study findings suggest.
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Preschool attendance appears to lower the risk of Hodgkin's disease in young adults, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
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Death rates from cancer are continuing to decline but scientists have uncovered a surprising jump in cases of thyroid cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Preschool attendance appears to lower the risk of Hodgkin&#39;s disease in young adults, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &amp; Prevention.