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 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-childh

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