Childhood Leukemia Patients from High-Poverty Areas More Likely to Suffer Early Relapse (Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center/Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center)

Among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer, those who live in high-poverty areas are substantially more likely to suffer early relapse than other patients, despite having received the same treatment, according to new research from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer, are significant because ALL that relapses early is more difficult to successfully...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news