St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of a common pediatric solid tumor, identifying weaknesses to target and a promising precision medicine that is now in clinical trials. The findings appear today in the journal Cancer Cell. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-analysis-vulnerabilities-high-risk-pediatric-tumor.html
An Ontario family whose son has a rare childhood cancer will be travelling to Montreal, joining a handful of Canadian patients who are eligible for a promising but experimental therapy that until now was only available in the United States. Read more: https://montrealgazette.com/news/promising-drug-trial-for-rare-cancer-in-young-children-comes-to-montreal
Intensifying therapy significantly improved OS and reduced the risk for relapse among children with childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and IKZF1 deletion, study data showed. Read more: https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/leukemia/news/in-the-journals/%7Babbd787a-b112-4c98-a812-d3070ad3af83%7D/intensified-therapy-improves-outcomes-for-childhood-b-cell-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-subgroup
Children with neuroblastoma, a paediatric cancer of nerve cells, are vulnerable to mental health and behavioural problems, a new study finds. Read more: https://www.health24.com/Medical/Cancer/Cancer-in-children/childhood-cancer-now-mental-health-problems-later-20180814
A team of researchers [...] has recently uncovered a major new vulnerability of mixed lineage leukemia. Read more: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/iooc-rua081318.php
In the first experiment of its kind, scientists have revealed the precise identity of cancer cells of the most common childhood and adult kidney cancers. Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809141147.htm
Patients combat leukemia, the most common childhood cancer,with chemotherapy — injections of anti-cancer drugs into the bloodstream. Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article216235150.html
Interventions crucial to offset negative impact of psychological symptoms on childhood cancer surviv
Interventions are needed to address the interrupted psychosocial and psychological developments associated with cancer treatment and late effects among survivors of childhood cancer, according to a research paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more: https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/pediatric-oncology/news/in-the-journals/%7B54647f41-cb61-4fd9-ab71-111592c3dec3%7D/interventions-crucial-to-offset-negative-impact-of-psychological-symptoms-on-childhood-cancer-survivors
Children in Canada who are battling neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, have been granted new hope toward a better prognosis and long-term survival. Read more: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/sh-bcc080618.php