Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has pinpointed genetic factors behind the grim statistics.