Cause of an aggressive form of childhood cancer identified
Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 21:41
in Health & Medicine
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a very aggressive cancer of the blood, which usually occurs as a tumour in lymph nodes, the skin, the lungs, the liver, and in soft tissue, and mainly affects children and young adults. The cause of this disease has not previously been researched. But now, scientists for the first time have succeeded in identifying the origins of ALCL.
