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U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region -- Pediatric Malignancies Are More Common in the Northeast

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Posted: Mon., June 2, 2008, 07:17 am

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Topics: Cancer, Boys, caucasian, Causes, Childhood Cancer, Diagnosis, Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, white, EmpowHer News

By Serena Gordon
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping government study of childhood cancers has found numerous differences in cancer types depending on a child's age, sex, race and where he or she lives in the United States.

White children had the highest incidence of all cancers, the researchers found, and youngsters in the Northeast were diagnosed with cancer more often than children in other parts of the country.

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble Say Researchers at Masonic Cancer Center of the University of Minnesota

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Posted: Fri., May 16, 2008, 11:54 am

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Topics: Anemia, Cancer, Heart & Blood, Cardiovascular Disease, Childhood Cancer, Research, EmpowHer News

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who had cancer as children or teens are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease, a new study found.

Researchers Report Gene Variation Linked to Neuroblastoma, a Childhood Cancer

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Posted: Wed., May 7, 2008, 02:28 pm

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Topics: Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Gene, Neuroblastoma, Peripheral Nervous System, Research, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, a gene linked to the often fatal childhood cancer neuroblastoma has been identified, researchers report.