Childhood Cancer

Childhood cancers encompass various types of malignancies that affect individuals under the age of 18.

A 10-year-old girl from the United States who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia.

Although childhood cancers are rare and constitute less than 5% of all cancers; it is one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths in children the world-over.

Children are very less likely to develop cancer since their cells are still developing and are very potent to repair and heal the DNA if harmed. Despite this, cancer exists among children as well. Here are some myths around it

As per WHO, The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumours.

As per study, children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some children later on.

International Childhood Cancer Day 2021: Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that affects a large number of children worldwide. Read here to know more about this type of cancer.

"A piece of my growing years has been snatched away," wrote Karan Johar

A heart-wrenching photograph of a girl comforting her 4-year-old brother while he is sick from chemotherapy has stuck a chord with thousands across the world.

The following study was done to tease out the relationships between childhood body size and the risk of kidney cancer in adulthood

The common cancers of childhood are blood cancers (leukemia), lymph cancers (lymphoma), brain cancers, muscle/bone cancers (sarcoma) and tumours of kidney (Wilms tumour)

Few childhood cancers are attributed to genetics or environmental factors, so when children are diagnosed with cancer, families often wonder 'why me/why us'?

At Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St Petersburg, Florida, a touching scene played out recently when four young friends and cancer survivors met after two years.

Jeff Bezos wore pajamas to an Amazon board meeting to raise awareness of childhood cancer.

Childhood cancer survivors are more likely to experience sleep problems and daytime sleepiness as adults which may result in greater likelihood of persistent or worsened emotional distress, preliminary results of a study suggests.

Childhood cancers encompass various types of malignancies that affect individuals under the age of 18.

A 10-year-old girl from the United States who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia.

Although childhood cancers are rare and constitute less than 5% of all cancers; it is one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths in children the world-over.

Children are very less likely to develop cancer since their cells are still developing and are very potent to repair and heal the DNA if harmed. Despite this, cancer exists among children as well. Here are some myths around it

As per WHO, The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumours.

As per study, children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some children later on.

International Childhood Cancer Day 2021: Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that affects a large number of children worldwide. Read here to know more about this type of cancer.

"A piece of my growing years has been snatched away," wrote Karan Johar

A heart-wrenching photograph of a girl comforting her 4-year-old brother while he is sick from chemotherapy has stuck a chord with thousands across the world.

The following study was done to tease out the relationships between childhood body size and the risk of kidney cancer in adulthood

The common cancers of childhood are blood cancers (leukemia), lymph cancers (lymphoma), brain cancers, muscle/bone cancers (sarcoma) and tumours of kidney (Wilms tumour)

Few childhood cancers are attributed to genetics or environmental factors, so when children are diagnosed with cancer, families often wonder 'why me/why us'?

At Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St Petersburg, Florida, a touching scene played out recently when four young friends and cancer survivors met after two years.

Jeff Bezos wore pajamas to an Amazon board meeting to raise awareness of childhood cancer.

Childhood cancer survivors are more likely to experience sleep problems and daytime sleepiness as adults which may result in greater likelihood of persistent or worsened emotional distress, preliminary results of a study suggests.