Computed tomography (X-ray scanners): performing 4 exams before age 18 doubles the risk of cancer
Performing regular scans could increase the risk of brain tumors, leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children and young people under ...
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A revolutionary test to diagnose blood cancers in two hours
Scientists have developed a test to quickly detect genetic mutations specific to two forms of leukemia, which could close a ...
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Childhood leukemia: radon, even at low thresholds, increases the risk
A recent study links childhood blood cancer to levels of decaying radon, including those below thresholds set by health authorities. ...
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Leukemia: why do children with Down syndrome have a higher risk?
Researchers have identified specific changes in the blood cells of people with Down syndrome. THE ESSENTIAL In people with Down ...
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Formaldehyde increases the risk of myeloid leukemia in exposed workers
ANSES has warned of the increased risks of myeloid leukemia after high exposure to formaldehyde, a substance widely used in ...
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Lymphoblastic leukemia: the more vines, the greater the risk for children
Researchers from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research have just published a study showing a link between pediatric ...
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Cancer: his back pain was actually leukemia
© Shutterstock / TBstudioDylan Lamb, a student living in the United Kingdom, has just given evidence in the british press ...
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Cooking with gas can increase your risk of leukemia
© shutterstockGas stoves are less and less common in France, and that's good. Because in recent years, several scientific studies ...
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Babies with leukemia: immunotherapy improves prognosis
Immunotherapy treatment is safe and effective for babies with an aggressive form of leukaemia, according to the results of a ...
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Computed tomography (x-ray scanners): the risk of cancer doubled from 4 examinations before 18 years
Repeat scans could increase the risk of brain tumors, leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children under 18. THE ESSENTIAL A ...
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia: this new treatment could save many children
Researchers have discovered a new treatment for juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a childhood cancer. THE ESSENTIAL A combination of two ...
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Leukemia: infections during pregnancy would increase the risk for the child
Children whose mothers suffered from an infection during pregnancy, particularly of the genital and urinary tracts, have an increased risk ...
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Cancer: a licensing agreement will facilitate access to a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia
© ShutterstockIn the middle of the World Cancer Congress, a new agreement was signed to facilitate access to a drug ...
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Thirty-year-long Covid turned out to be terminal cancer
In England, an engineer thought he had Covid long after contracting the virus. But in reality, he was suffering from ...
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Leukemia: this mother had to fight to treat her 3-year-old daughter
Doctors took months to take a mum seriously as she alerted them to her daughter's condition and requested a simple ...
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“Incurable” leukemia: a teenager in remission thanks to a new treatment
In the UK, a young patient has become the first patient in the world to receive genetically modified CAR-T cells ...
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Blood donation: a thank you letter from a transfused person moves internet users
After being transfused, a man with leukemia sent a letter to the French blood establishment thanking his donors. The letter, ...
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Leukemia: what is blood cancer?
Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma... In this month of September, dedicated to blood cancer, let's take stock of these diseases which mainly ...
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Persuaded to have a sore throat, she discovers that she has acute myeloid leukemia
A young English girl had been suffering from sore throats for several weeks. Doctors told her she had a cancer ...
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Parkinson’s disease: a treatment against leukemia would be effective
© ThinkstockThis is good news for all those affected by the Parkinson disease. Neurology researchers from Georgetown University in Washington ...
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She overcomes her cancer at 11 thanks to an innovative treatment
A young British woman suffered from leukemia and histiocytic sarcoma. Doctors said the patient had very little chance of survival. ...
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Acute myeloid leukemia: a new treatment triples patient survival
A new therapeutic combination is becoming the reference treatment for certain acute myeloid leukaemias, a rare and difficult to treat ...
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Cancer: an English woman marries on her hospital bed a few days before dying
A 33-year-old woman, suffering from cancer that left her only a few months to live, married on her hospital bed ...
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Acute myeloid leukemia: the path to a treatment thanks to neighboring bone cells
In this blood cancer, cancer cells bind to bone cells. Targeting these with treatments would slow the progression of the ...
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How to donate bone marrow to save little Joseph?
Wrongly confused with spinal marrow donation, bone marrow donation is done by blood collection in the majority of cases. While ...
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Leukemia and lymphoma: artificial intelligence to better diagnose them
A new artificial intelligence tool can better analyze blood and bone marrow tests to make a diagnosis of cancer. THE ...
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Sun creams: beware of products containing benzene!
An American pharmaceutical laboratory has alerted the health authorities to the presence of benzene in sunscreens, a carcinogenic chemical which ...
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A compound of avocado effective against leukemia
Avocado B, a fatty molecule found only in avocado, would better treat leukemia by targeting an enzyme essential to the ...
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“The opportunity to learn to listen to my body”
Cancer: a scary word, a disease that disrupts a course. Why Doctor has collected the testimonies of patients whose lives ...
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Pesticides: a proven link with leukemia
Heavy exposure to pesticides, primarily insecticides, increases the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow ...
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