Drinking alcohol during pregnancy could lead to acute myeloid leukemia in children

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 23:01 in Health & Medicine

Although acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is relatively rare in children, drinking alcohol during pregnancy could increase the risk, according to a recent paper published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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