July - 2021

International Collaboration Helps Refine Treatment for Childhood Leukemia

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working with colleagues in China to develop better therapy for childhood acute...

Tiny bubbles used to treat common childhood cancer

Researchers at UCL have developed a new way to deliver drugs that can shut down cancer-promoting mutations in neuroblastoma. The...

Geneticists Reveal How Mutation Causes a Devastating Childhood Cancer

Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable ...

Frailty contributes to neurocognitive decline in young adult childhood cancer survivors

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found a link between post-cancer treatment frailty and neurocognitive decline...

Immunotherapy Trial May Be Feasible to Combat Pediatric Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors

An innovative clinical trial led by Dr. Nicholas Vitanza, a neuro-oncologist at Seattle Children’s, shows promise that delivering ...

Can leukemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented?

For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers have mapped out where and how leukemia begins and develops in infants with Down...

New generation anti-cancer drug shows promise for children with brain tumours

A genetic map of an aggressive childhood brain tumour called medulloblastoma has helped researchers identify a new generation ...

Potential Treatment May Prevent Cancer Cells From Hijacking Metabolic Pathways

Now researchers in the Feng lab at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with scientists in the Simon lab at ...

Melanoma registry results shine light on rare pediatric cancer

Pediatric melanoma is a rare disease with only around 400 cases diagnosed in the United States every year. To better understand this ...

Cancer neuroscientists identify a key culprit behind pediatric brain cancer’s spread

Now, research led by USC investigators has shined new light on how medulloblastoma travels to other sites within the central nervous ...

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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children

Nanomedicine research into drug delivery system a 'milestone' in the treatment of childhood cancer

New study identifies bereaved parents’ medical priorities for children with advanced cancer

Anesthesia for pediatric cancer patients: What parents should know

Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Increased Rates of Late, Major Surgeries

Advanced immunotherapy treatment may hold promise for children with brain cancer

Organoid models provide new scientific insights into a rare childhood liver cancer

Caring for adult children with cancer: 4 tips for parents

Study explores psychosocial needs of African American parents of children with cancer

Immunotherapy improves the prognosis of babies with a very aggressive leukemia