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Latest Publications and Research on Childhood Cancer


Osteoporos Int   2020 Feb 01   

Low bone mineral density is associated with hypogonadism and cranial irradiation in male childhood cancer survivors.

Isaksson S, Bogefors K, Åkesson K, Øra I, Egund L, Bobjer J, Leijonhufvud I, Giwercman A

We investigated if bone mineral density was related to testosterone deficiency and/or previous cancer treatment in men who were childhood cancer survi ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Curr. Opin. Microbiol.      

Mechanisms of persistence, innate immune activation and immunomodulation by the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori.

Zhang X, Arnold IC, Müller A

The gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori efficiently evades innate immune detection and persistently colonizes its human host. Understanding the gene ... Read More

Source: PubMed
J Pain Symptom Manage   2020 Jan 29   

An evaluation of By My Side: Peer support in written form is acceptable and useful for parents bereaved by childhood cancer.

Raharjo C, Hetherington K, Donovan L, Fardell JE, Russell V, Cohn RJ, Morgan N, Siddiqui J, Wakefield CE

Cancer is the leading cause of non-accidental death in childhood, with the death of a child representing a devastating loss for families. Peer support ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Exp. Hematol.   2020 Jan 29   

The effects of chemotherapy agents used to treat pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients on bone parameters and longitudinal growth of juvenile mice.

Straszkowski L, Jovic T, Castillo-Tandazo W, Ritchie DS, Purton LE

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. Therapies for pediatric ALL have improved such that more than 80% of patients ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Lancet Haematol      

Childhood cancer: the need to invest in the future.

The Lancet Haematology

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Source: PubMed
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