Children who were later diagnosed with cancer were more likely to have antibodies in their blood that target the body's own DNA repair proteins, in some cases years before diagnosis, according to researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway. The findings were published Oct. 14 in Frontiers in Immunology.
The work points to a possible early warning sign for cancer in young people. In the United States, an estimated 14,910 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 were expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute's childhood cancer fact sheet.
