June - 2023

When young people survive cancer, their mental-health struggles are often just beginning

Thanks to advances in treatments, children’s chances of surviving cancer are higher than ever before. But the trauma that patients...

Research shows fertility challenges for women treated for childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

The research also found that women treated for Hodgkin lymphoma may have to try for longer to become pregnant; however, the majority of ...

Childhood cancer: Vulnerability in the immune response against metastases discovered

Scientists led by Sabine Taschner-Mandl, Ph.D., St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, and Nikolaus Fortelny, Ph.D., Paris Lodron...

CHOP doctor making strides in finding cure for "holy grail of childhood cancers"

Mossé is working on groundbreaking science at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The once undruggable neuroblastoma -- a rare...

Poor Mental Health Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer—Risk Factors and a Call for Intervention

Despite consistent evidence suggesting high rates of physical and psychosocial morbidity among survivors of childhood cancer, debate...

New hope for children with rare, high-risk leukaemia thanks to world first research in Manchester

Pioneering research in Manchester has shown dramatic results for treating children with high-risk leukaemia (a type of blood cancer), who...

1,000 Pillowcases Delivered For Local Kids And Families Affected By Childhood Cancer

A local volunteer-based program, Comfy Cases (Children And Sewers Exchanging Smiles), is donating to an astounding 1,000+ pillowcases to...

Researchers publish the first comprehensive, 3D analysis of the complete rhabdomyosarcoma genome

In a paper published in NAR Cancer, researchers from the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at Nationwide Children's and their ...

Childhood cancer survivors at increased risk for sleep concerns decades after diagnosis

Compared with siblings, survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for sleep concerns up to 30 years after diagnosis,...

Late-toxicity burden high among survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma

Survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma face a substantial burden of late toxicity, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual...

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Fusion oncoprotein forces cell fates toward rhabdomyosarcoma

“DNA loops” in pediatric brain tumors double relapse risk

Radiation from a childhood CT scan increases the risk of developing cancer

Childhood Leukemia Linked to Pesticides Used in Vineyards

FDA Gives Priority Review to Tovorafenib in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

NIH researchers develop approach that could help supercharge T-cell therapies against solid tumors

Cranial Radiotherapy Predisposes Pediatric Cancer Survivors to Hypothyroidism

Examining outcomes in children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Impact of childhood and adolescence cancer on family caregivers

Collaborative study identifies potential targets to treat the most common childhood liver cancer