OBESITY KIDS

Obese kids don't react as well to chemotherapy
A study showed that obesity made young people
more than twice as likely to have leftover
leukaemia cells. That puts them at a higher risk
of the cancer coming back and of death, the
researchers said.
The findings could explain why obese young
people do worse on initial chemotherapy –
called induction therapy – than their peers who
aren't obese.
"Induction chemotherapy provides a patient's
best chance for remission or a cure," principal
investigator Dr. Steven Mittelman, of The Saban
Negative impact
"Our findings indicate that a patient's obesity
negatively impacts the ability of chemotherapy
to kill leukaemia cells, reducing the odds of
survival."
Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los
Angeles, said in a hospital news release.