May - 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Mind jumble: Understanding chemo brain

The majority of patients who overcome cancer experience the condition, which is marked by mental fogginess, slowed thinking, memory...

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...

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...

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...

Intensive Treatment May Pose Fertility Risks in Childhood Cancer Survivors

They survived childhood cancer. But the disease has taken a toll on their mental health.

How you can support a parent who has a child with cancer

Developing ‘kinder’ treatments for a devastating childhood cancer

Breakthrough as new drug promises to shield child cancer patients from hearing loss

Study finds higher breast cancer risk after certain forms of childhood cancer treatment

Aggressive Cancer Cells Transformed Into Healthy Cells in Breakthrough

Cardiac RT May Amplify Late Disease Risk in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Are Cannabis-Based Medicines Safe for Children With Cancer?

Homoharringtonine May be ‘Better Alternative’ to Etoposide In Pediatric AML