US officials have approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to seek and destroy a childhood leukaemia.

A woman whose sister was refused entry to the UK to give her a stem cell transplant has died from leukaemia.

One natural product that has tested very well in treating leukaemia is açaí berry (Euterpe oleracea), says Megan Sheppard.

Former Clare hurler and leukaemia survivor Ger Loughnane will this week launch a major campaign by a Cork charity to fundraise for groundbreaking cancer research.

Childhood cancer is very rare — but not as rare as it used to be.

Six months of breastfeeding may cut disease risk by 19%, says study