OPACC News

Children’s cancer drug shortage should ease, FDA says, but doctors, parents worry it’ll recur

TRENTON, N.J. — A severe shortage of a childhood cancer drug should ease before hospitals run out of it in a couple weeks, a top federal regulator said Tuesday. But the companies that make the drug are giving few details about how they will find a long-term solution to end the problem. Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/childrens-cancer-drug-shortage-should-ease-fda-says-but-doctors-parents-worry-itll-recur/2012/02/14/gIQAZPDRER_story.html

Supply of a Cancer Drug May Run Out Within Weeks

A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two weeks, leaving hundreds and perhaps thousands of children at risk of dying from a largely curable disease, federal officials and cancer doctors say. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/health/policy/supply-of-methotrexate-a-cancer-drug-may-run-out-soon.html?_r=1

Candlelighters Simcoe Parents of Children with Cancer updates Feb 10 2012

Here are a few updates: Camp Trillium Barrie Youth Group: February youth group is on Sunday Feb. 26th. We will be going swimming at the Holly Recreation Centre in Barrie, take Essa Road go West, turn right at Mapleton St., it is a few blocks down on the left hand side; it is from 12:30 to 2:30pm. You ... [Read More]

Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center Experts Recommend Genetic Counseling for Pediatric Sarcoma Patients

Newswise — BOSTON — Genetic specialists at Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) are recommending that children being treated for sarcoma should be offered genetic counseling for Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare condition that greatly raises a person’s risk of developing additional cancers. Read more: http://www.newswise.com/articles/dana-farber-children-s-hospital-cancer-center-experts-recommend-genetic-counseling-for-pediatric-sarcoma-patients

New antibody treatment puts toddler’s rare cancer in remission

A 2-year-old girl from the U.K., who was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer, is now in remission after being treated with a new radioactive antibody, The Daily Mail reported. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/07/new-antibody-treatment-puts-toddlers-rare-cancer-in-remission/#ixzz1lp4QnL6Z