Most children with cancer in Canada now survive. But they're at greater risk of poor mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and substance abuse, according to a Canadian oncologist who was surprised at the extent of severe issues. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/childhood-cancer-survivor-mental-health-1.4547620

Children are amazingly perceptive and often understand more than we imagine. Maintaining open lines of communication helps children, and their friends and siblings, grasp why things are happening to them, such as spending time in the hospital or taking medications. Read more: https://www.thestar.com/life/2018/02/26/tips-for-tough-task-of-telling-a-kid-they-have-cancer-doctors-notes.html

Treatment of cells from pediatric cancer tumors with compounds that modify DNA packing can induce the cells to acquire normal neuronal cell features and lose malignant properties. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/wsr-stt021818.php

The "remarkably successful" CAR-T cell therapy is giving new hope to the sickest cancer patients. Now, Stanford experts are focusing on advancing its use and broadening its benefits. Read more: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pioneering-immunotherapy-to-find-and-kill-elusive-cancer-cells-in-children-at-lucile-packard-childrens-hospital-stanford-300597538.html

For the first time, human eggs have been grown in a laboratory -- and the development could aid in the fertility of children undergoing cancer treatment, say researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/02/09/human-eggs-grown-in-lab-for-first-time-creating-hope-for-young-females-with-cancer.html

Women who survived childhood cancer faced an increased risk for nonsurgical premature menopause, resulting in lower rates of live birth for female survivors in their 30s, according to findings from the ongoing Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Read more: https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/pediatric-oncology/news/in-the-journals/%7B0776db59-5c95-419f-b375-6c410550a84a%7D/nonsurgical-premature-menopause-affects-fertility-in-female-childhood-cancer-survivors

Children who are hospitalized for pneumonia have a higher incidence of developing common pediatric cancers, according to a large Danish study published in BMJ. Read more: https://www.curetoday.com/articles/childhood-pneumonia-may-be-associated-with-cancer-risk

Children with cancer who received massage therapy experienced decreased pain, nausea, stress and anxiety, along with an increase in white blood cells and neutrophils, according to a review of seven published studies on massage and childhood cancer. Read more: https://www.massagemag.com/massage-symptoms-children-with-cancer-88008/

One out of 6 survivors of childhood cancer was unemployed, according to results from a meta-analysis of 56 studies conducted in the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Read more: http://www.onclive.com/web-exclusives/childhood-cancer-increases-likelihood-of-unemployment-as-adult

Results of the global, multicenter, pivotal phase 2 study that led to the first FDA approval of a gene therapy/cell therapy approach known as CAR T-cell therapy, were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/chla-lis013018.php