September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to honour and remember children and families affected by this devastating disease,and help rally support to give Children with Cancer better outcomes by supporting Childhood Cancer Awareness. Childhood Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children and adolescents under the age of 15 years in the […]

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Hypertension Risk for Childhood Cancer Survivors

According to a recent study that appeared in the journal, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, survivors of Childhood Cancer are more than twice as likely as the general population to have high blood pressure (hypertension) as adults. Improvements in treatment have dramatically increased survival rates from paediatric cancers, with about 83% of children surviving at least five […]

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