- Feb 28
Scientists reveal how different cancer cells team up to help incurable childhood brain tumour spread
Using mathematical modelling, the team provides a framework for detecting, measuring and mapping interactions between different types of cells in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – a brain tumour starting in a type of cell known as ‘immature glial progenitor cells’ before spreading to other parts of the brain. Read more: https://www.icr.ac.uk/news-archive/scientists-reveal-how-different-cancer-cells-team-up-to-help-incurable-childhood-brain-tumour-spread
- Feb 23
Identifying drug target candidates to treat pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma tumors
In a new report in Science Advances, Sara G. Danielli and an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists at the department of Oncology and Children's Research, Stem Cell Biology, and Translational Research in Child and Adolescent Cancer, in the U.S., Switzerland, France, Germany and Spain, combined a myriad of biological methods to understand the etiology and cellular basis of RMS oncogenesis. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-drug-candidates-pedi
- Feb 13
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Higher Rate of Aging-Related Mutations Than the General Population
Childhood cancer survivors tended to have a higher rate of aging-related mutations in stem cells — a condition called clonal hematopoiesis — compared to the general population, according to recent research published in the journal Cancer Discovery. Read more: https://www.curetoday.com/view/childhood-cancer-survivors-have-higher-rate-of-aging-related-mutations-than-the-general-population
- Feb 10
Children’s Cancer Institute begins trial for childhood brain cancer therapy
The trial will use the child’s own immune system for specifically targeting the Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Read more: https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/childrens-cancer-institute-brain-cancer/
- Feb 8
Drug Offers Long-Term Heart Protection for Childhood Cancer Survivors
When children with cancer received dexrazoxane alongside their chemotherapy, they tended to have fewer heart complications in the short and long term. Read more: https://www.curetoday.com/view/drug-offers-long-term-heart-protection-for-childhood-cancer-survivors
- Feb 6
World-first guidelines created to prevent heart complications in children during cancer treatment
The world’s first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer treatment have been created. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/977873
- Feb 3
Patient Activated Education Effective as Surveillance for Skin Cancer in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Childhood cancer survivors who were treated with radiation are at a 30-fold increased risk for developing basal cell carcinoma and a 2.5- to 5-fold increased risk for developing melanoma 2 decades after treatment exposure. Read more: https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/skin-cancer/skin-cancer-screening-pae-print-materials-patient-activation-education-effective/
- Feb 2
Childhood, Adolescent Cancers Linked to Higher Risk of Major Psychiatric Disorders
Compared with the general population, survivors of childhood and adolescent cancers have an increased risk of 6 major psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more: https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/childhood-adolescent-cancers-linked-higher-risk-major-psychiatric-disorders/
- Feb 1
Low BMD, fracture risk upped in childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) appear to have an increased risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture compared with the general population, according to a cross-sectional study from the Netherlands. Read more: https://specialty.mims.com/topic/low-bmd--fracture-risk-upped-in-childhood-cancer-survivors