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bone marrow, 11 lifestyle as, 23
bone sarcomas myths, 23–24, 25
development of, 15 cells
most common type in about, 8
children and teenagers, 14 death of damaged or
spread of, 16 defective, 9
symptoms, 15–16 destruction by
brain and spinal cord tumors, chemotherapy, 40–42
17 division of, 8–9, 10, 30
described, 12, 14 glial, 12, 14
treatment for, 45 malignant, 9
Burkhamer, Jessica, 7 production of new blood, in
bone marrow, 11
cancers RNA function, 26–27
annual percentage and use of DNA instructions,
number of children and 25–26
teenagers diagnosed, 6–7 chemotherapy
defined, 8 administration of, 39, 43
most common types in combination, for ALL, 4–5
children and teenagers by drug usage, 38–39
percentage, 13 side effects, 40–43
naming, 9–10 standard, for ALL, 39–40
number of deaths annually success of, 40
for children under fifteen, 7 with surgery, 46–47
carcinogens, exposure to, Children’s Cancer Institute
29–30 (Australia), 36
carcinomas, described, 10 chromosomes, 24–25
CAR-T cell therapy, 49–50 duplication of, 30
causes translocations, 34
acquired gene mutations, chronic myeloid leukemia
28–32, 33–34 (CML), 47–48
dietary, 23–24, 29 cigarette smoking, 29
environmental, 29–30 Clapp, Richard, 7
genetics, 24 “Clouds” (Sobiech), 54
inherited gene mutations, 32 codons, described, 25
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