Publication year: 2012 Source: European Journal of Cancer, Available online 1 February 2012 Tomoko Iehara, Eiso Hiyama, Tatsuro Tajiri, Akihiro Yoneda, Minoru Hamazaki, … PurposeIn the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) classification system, stage 4s was changed into stage MS in children less than 18 months of age. Stage MS is defined as a metastatic disease with skin, liver and bone [...]
Survivors of childhood cancer treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy with alkylating agents are not more likely to have children with birth defects, according to a large study by scientists working with the US-based Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(11)70402-8/fulltext?rss=yes No tags for this post.
Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well. The findings from the St… http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240924.php No tags for this post.