Fat cells block chemo drugs in children with leukemia

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 12:14 in Health & Medicine

Obese children with leukemia have a 50 per cent greater chance of relapsing compared with lean children because fat cells block chemotherapy drugs, says new U.S. research.

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