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• Wrong Numbers in Cellphone Cancer Study?
  ABC News Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:52 PM PDT
  Scientists are calling into question a study published last year that failed to find a link between cellphone use and brain tumors in children and teens, saying the study actually shows that cellphone use more than doubles the risk of brain tumors in children and adolescents.
• Gene Discovery Gives Clues to a Childhood Cancer 90% of neuroblastomas hit kids under 10, but they're more likely to survive than teen patients
  By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 13
  A newly discovered genetic mutation is more common in teens and young adults than infants with a nerve tissue cancer called neuroblastoma.
• Birth defects in offspring of cancer survivors investigated
  Lancet Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:15 PM PST
  Survivors of childhood cancer treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy with alkylating agents are not more likely to have children with birth defects, according to a large study by scientists working with the US-based Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
• More Aggressive Chemo May Help Younger Lymphoma Patients: Study High-dose combination therapy boosts disease-free survival but raises side-effect risk
  THURSDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News)
  Higher doses of chemotherapy with less time between treatments may benefit younger people suffering from aggressive lymphomas, such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (one of the most common and aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), according to new research.