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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
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
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]
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
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