Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.

Pediatric cancer foundation Cal's Angels has donated $4 million to establish a program aimed at improving outcomes for young ...

Amgen Inc (($AMGN)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Amgen Inc. is spearheading a clinical study titled ‘A Phase 1b/2 Study to ...

Every parent knows that feeling. Your child seems a little off. Not quite themselves. Maybe they’re more tired than usual or have a bruise that appeared out of nowhere. Most of the time, it’s nothing ...

Blinatumomab, a new drug for childhood leukemia, has been a game-changer for young patients, allowing them to live more ...

Lurie Children’s advanced leukemia program offers new therapies and early-phase trials for high-risk pediatric patients in Chicago.

An analysis of 14 studies shows children who attend day care or play groups decrease their risk of developing the most common type of childhood leukemia by 30 percent. The analysis bolsters the theory ...

When the mercury outside ascends too high early in pregnancy, the risk of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia may rise as well; results also show greater impacts on Latino populations. A possible ...

The classification of AML is based on the French-American-British system in which morphologic and immunophenotypic features of blast cells divide AML into 8 distinct subtypes labeled M0-M7. M3 is the ...

Jimmy Cragg's doctors thought he had a virus or tonsillitis until a bruise on his back indicated it might be childhood leukemia Wendy Cragg/SWNS Jimmy Cragg, 6, was diagnosed with leukemia after ...