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October 26, 2015

Doctors discover brain tumor in girl as twin brother battles cancer

A British mother endured what would be any parent’s horror: While her son underwent chemotherapy, doctors at the same hospital found a tumor in his twin sister’s brain, The Daily Mirror reported.

October 26, 2015

School reschedules prom for 15-year-old student with terminal cancer

A high school in Scotland rescheduled its prom to fulfill the dream of one of its students whose days were numbered by cancer, metro.co.uk reported.

October 25, 2015

When the choice isn’t yours: Families of pediatric cancer patients live in fear amidst measles outbreak

Wendy and Gerry Waldron have a jumbo-size jug of Purell at their front door.

October 24, 2015

Michigan mom, dad both fighting cancer as family looks after their two young daughters

A Michigan couple fighting cancer is determined to beat their diagnoses not only for themselves, but also for their two young daughters, 9 News reported.

October 24, 2015

Louisiana hospital staff surprises pediatric cancer patient with a flash mob

Medical staff at a Louisiana hospital gave a 12-year-old cancer patient a celebratory sendoff on her last day of treatment.

October 24, 2015

New Jersey boy, 6, battling leukemia has robot attend class for him

A New Jersey boy battling leukemia hasn’t been to school since late January, but he has kept up with his classwork thanks to a robot that attends class for him, NJ.com reported.

October 24, 2015

Connecticut teen who fought chemotherapy treatment home from hospital

A 17-year-old girl forced by the courts to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer has finished that treatment and was released Monday from a hospital where she had been confined since December.

October 24, 2015

WHO agency says insecticides lindane and DDT linked to cancer

The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

October 24, 2015

Disabled HIV virus used to treat common childhood leukemia

Scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have invented an immunotherapy that has successfully treated children diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

October 24, 2015

Safety switches may redeem potent CAR T cancer therapies

New therapies that clinical data show can eliminate blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma in 40 percent to 90 percent of patients may have to be genetically modified to include a switch that shields healthy cells from attack.