Bone Cancer Survivors Are at Increased Risk of Neurocognitive Difficulties
Survivors of childhood osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) have an elevated risk of neurocognitive impairment, according to study...
Feb 24, 2022
Research reveals high-risk subtype of relapsed pediatric AML
Scientists have found a previously overlooked mutation in a subtype of pediatric leukemia that has implications for identifying...
Feb 18, 2022
Alcohol abuse drug may hold key to treating aggressive childhood brain tumours
Researchers at University College London have discovered that disulfiram, an anti-alcoholism drug, may help to kill glioma cells in...
Feb 11, 2022
Potential tumor vulnerability may be exploited to improve treatment of neuroblastoma
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a potential vulnerability in neuroblastoma tumors that might be exploited to improve ...
Feb 10, 2022
From loss comes hope: Pediatric brain tumor treatment shows promise
Today a group of Stanford scientists who have spent the past decade unlocking the glioma's secrets are publishing data in Nature from ...
Feb 9, 2022
Research lays a foundation for prevention of the most common childhood cancer
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Cancer Research Center in Spain blocked development of acute lymphoblastic...
Feb 8, 2022
Parents of Children with Cancer May Need Psychological Support as well as their Child
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a life-changing event. Childhood cancer not only impacts children undergoing treatment, it can...
Feb 7, 2022
Inherited gene variant powers up an oncogene to drive a high-risk leukemia
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have revealed how an inherited genetic variant turns on an oncogene, increasing...
Feb 4, 2022