Childhood Cancer Causes

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

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.

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.

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

According to a study done by Duke University in North Carolina, higher exposure of lead in childhood may affect brain health and disrupt cognitive development.

Exhaust fumes from cars and trucks increase the risk of cancer in children. Leukaemia is the most common type of childhood cancer, but the cause is unknown in most cases.

Babies born after fertility treatment run increased risk of genetic disorder. According to a recent study, children conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment run four times the normal risk of a rare genetic imprinting disorder, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), which causes gigantism and increases the risk of childhood renal cancer.

Scientists find further evidence to suggest that malignant tumours of the brain in childhood could be caused by an infection. According to a report from researchers at the University of Manchester childhood brain tumours occur in clusters over short periods of time which is suggestive of predisposing infections. Between 1954 and 1998 the team stu...

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

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.

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.

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

According to a study done by Duke University in North Carolina, higher exposure of lead in childhood may affect brain health and disrupt cognitive development.

Exhaust fumes from cars and trucks increase the risk of cancer in children. Leukaemia is the most common type of childhood cancer, but the cause is unknown in most cases.

Babies born after fertility treatment run increased risk of genetic disorder. According to a recent study, children conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment run four times the normal risk of a rare genetic imprinting disorder, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), which causes gigantism and increases the risk of childhood renal cancer.

Scientists find further evidence to suggest that malignant tumours of the brain in childhood could be caused by an infection. According to a report from researchers at the University of Manchester childhood brain tumours occur in clusters over short periods of time which is suggestive of predisposing infections. Between 1954 and 1998 the team stu...