- May 29, 2020
Does a Childhood Cancer Diagnosis Negatively Affect Marriage? Study Indicates the Answer is No
The diagnosis of cancer in a child can be devastating to parents and other loved ones, but in a recent study from Denmark, a childhood...
- May 29, 2020
Some childhood cancer survivors at higher risk for pain as adults
Certain long-term childhood cancer survivors appeared more likely than their siblings who never had cancer to experience pain as adults,...
- May 29, 2020
Financial Burden of Childhood Cancer Treatment on Parents
In addition to the emotional burden of childhood cancer, affected families often face significant financial difficulty due to a range of...
- May 14, 2020
Children with cancer are not at a higher risk for COVID-19 infection or morbidity, study finds
Researchers from MSK Kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) found that children with cancer are not at a higher risk of...
- May 12, 2020
Consuming Antioxidants Through Dietary Intake Beneficial for Patients with Childhood ALL
In a study of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that the...
- May 6, 2020
Mind jumble: Understanding chemo brain
The majority of patients who overcome cancer experience the condition, which is marked by mental fogginess, slowed thinking, memory...
- May 4, 2020
New targets for childhood brain tumors identified
A research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the growth of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) brain...
- May 1, 2020
Study calls for national vaccination guidelines for pediatric cancer patients following chemotherapy
Pediatric cancer patients should be revaccinated after receiving chemotherapy or face a higher risk of pneumococcal disease and...
- May 1, 2020
New advances toward safely targeting immune cells to pediatric brain tumors
Stanford scientists have taken important steps toward figuring out how to use immune therapy for a group of severe pediatric brain tumors...