Some childhood cancer survivors appeared at elevated risk for loneliness, according to study results presented during the virtual Oncology Nursing Society Congress. Read more: https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20210426/childhood-cancer-survivors-at-risk-for-loneliness

In a new study led by Yale Cancer Center, researchers report many survivors of childhood cancers receive systemic therapies associated with cognitive effects and chronic health conditions that may impact long-term cognitive outcomes with downstream effects on education, employment, and income. Read more: https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/yale-cancer-center-study-shows-cognitive-impairment-for-survivors-of-many-pediatric-cancers/

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two existing drug candidates--JAK inhibitors and Mepron--hold potential as treatments for a deadly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) subtype that is more common in children. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/sbpm-sip041421.php

Research by Australian scientists could pave the way to a new treatment for a currently incurable brain cancer in children called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/ccia-arf041321.php

For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science’s best tools. Now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment: Dripping millions of copies of a virus directly into kids’ brains to infect their tumors and spur an immune system attack. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/unusual-treatment-shows-promise-kids-brain-tumors-77015939

Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer are often missing out on age-appropriate specialist care owing to a lack of awareness of how their needs differ from those of children and older adults with cancer. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/esfm-eut040121.php

Wearable fitness trackers have continued to grow in popularity in recent years, and they may be feasible interventions to promote fitness in childhood cancer survivors, according to recent research conducted in Australia. Read more: https://www.oncnursingnews.com/view/wearable-fitness-trackers-may-improve-health-in-childhood-cancer-survivors

Childhood cancer survivors are 3.4 times more likely to report pain with daily interference compared to those without a history of childhood cancer, according to data published in Cancer. Because of this, the study authors wrote, it is important that childhood cancer survivors be screened routinely for pain and receive interventions targeting pain interference. Read more: https://www.curetoday.com/view/routine-pain-screenings-important-for-childhood-cancer-survivors

Now, a study led by researchers at UCLA and Children's Hospital Los Angeles has shown that a combination of modest dietary changes and exercise can dramatically improve survival outcomes for those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc--lda033121.php

Children and young adults who receive CAR T-cell therapy for the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, suffer remarkably fewer relapses and are far more likely to survive when the treatment is paired with a subsequent stem cell transplant, a new study finds. Read more: https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-stem-cell-transplants-prevent-relapses-most-common-childhood-cancer