- May 31, 2021
Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing secondary leukaemia
Read more: https://www.aninews.in/news/health/study-identifies-risk-for-some-childhood-cancer-patients-developing-secondary-leukaemia20210530081537/
- May 31, 2021
Blood test detects childhood tumors based on their epigenetic profiles
A new study exploits the characteristic epigenetic signatures of childhood tumors to detect, classify and monitor the disease. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/sacc-btd052721.php
- May 25, 2021
New insight into when CAR T is effective against childhood leukemia
Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) studying the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapies in children with leukemia, have discovered a small sub-set of T-cells that are likely to play a key role in whether the treatment is successful. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-insight-car-effective-childhood-leukemia.html
- May 21, 2021
Targeting abnormal cell metabolism shows promise for treating pediatric brain tumors
Two experimental drug approaches that target vulnerabilities in cancer cell metabolism may extend survival and enhance the effectiveness of standard chemotherapies for a highly aggressive type of pediatric brain cancer. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/jhm-tac052021.php
- May 19, 2021
Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Risk for Multiple Cancer-Related Worries
A significant portion of adult survivors of childhood cancer are at an increased risk of experiencing cancer-related worries (CRWs) decades after treatment has ended, according to study results recently published in Cancer. Read more: https://www.curetoday.com/view/long-term-survivors-of-childhood-cancer-at-risk-for-multiple-cancer-related-worries-even-decades-after-treatment-has-ended
- May 18, 2021
Sick children deserve priority vaccine access
Children over the age of 12 who suffer from medical conditions that put them at high risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 have been waiting a long time to get vaccinated. Though they are now eligible to receive this potentially life-saving vaccine in Ontario, they face many obstacles that others do not. We must ensure that high-risk youth and their caregivers have easy access to the vaccine. Read more: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/alex-kolbasnik-si
- May 18, 2021
Multimodal therapy may hold key to treating aggressive childhood cancer
Research led by scientists at Children's Cancer Institute and published this week in the international journal, Clinical Cancer Research, has found a combination of therapies that appears to be highly effective against high-risk neuroblastoma and other forms of aggressive childhood cancer. Read more: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/ccia-mtm051421.php#
- May 14, 2021
Researchers pinpoint possible way to prevent permanent hearing loss caused by common childhood cance
University of Alberta scientists have identified a receptor in cells that could be key to preventing permanent hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors who are being treated with the drug cisplatin. Read more: https://www.miragenews.com/researchers-pinpoint-possible-way-to-prevent-559674/
- May 6, 2021
Study finds potential therapeutic target for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy treatment target, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances, a journal of the American Society of Hematology. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/n-sfp050421.php