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World-first guidelines created to prevent heart complications in children during cancer treatment
The world’s first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer...
- 4 days ago
Patient Activated Education Effective as Surveillance for Skin Cancer in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Childhood cancer survivors who were treated with radiation are at a 30-fold increased risk for developing basal cell carcinoma and a...
- 4 days ago
Childhood, Adolescent Cancers Linked to Higher Risk of Major Psychiatric Disorders
Compared with the general population, survivors of childhood and adolescent cancers have an increased risk of 6 major psychiatric ...
- 6 days ago
Low BMD, fracture risk upped in childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) appear to have an increased risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture compared with the...
- 7 days ago
Understanding How Childhood Brain Tumors Develop
A team of scientists has identified a new cell type implicated in the development of the most common type of malignant childhood brain...
- Jan 30
American Academy of Pediatrics Issues New Recommendations on Hospitalized Adolescents
The American Academy of Pediatrics has published new recommendations on the needs of adolescents who are hospitalized within its first...
- Jan 27
Genes that cause rare hidden cancer revealed
Several genes that cause sarcoma have been identified in the first comprehensive genetic map of sarcomas. The research has wide...
- Jan 26
Stopping a rare childhood cancer in its tracks
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered a new drug target for Ewing sarcoma, a rare kind of cancer usually...
- Jan 25
Pediatric Cancer Vaccine May Be ‘Too Good to Be True,’ But More Work Is Needed
Ongoing trials are showing that a cancer vaccine may be able to overcome some of the other issues that are present with immune-based...
- Jan 24
New research identifies a potential treatment target for hepatoblastoma in children
In a novel study appearing in The American Journal of Pathology, investigators studying a mouse model of hepatoblastoma report that the ...