Obesity hinders chemotherapy treatment in children with leukemia

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 13:28 in Health & Medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- Obesity is an important factor contributing to chemotherapy resistance and increasing relapse rates among children with leukemia, according to recent findings published online first in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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