A well-meaning FDA policy is a threat to pediatric cancer treatment
The medical community today faces a deceptively simple question: How quickly should we act when a child’s life is on the line? I’m a...
Dec 16, 2023
Childhood Leukemia Pain Relief Tips
For every possible cause of childhood leukemia pain, your child’s team of doctors and healthcare providers has a way to manage it. Read...
Dec 15, 2023
DNA sequencing reveals clonal evolution of tumor in childhood leukemia
Researchers at the RUDN Laboratory of Biology of Single Cells have studied the possibilities of DNA sequencing at the level of individual...
Dec 14, 2023
Team develops gene therapy to ‘pre-treat’ neuroblastoma tumors
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a potential gene therapy to “pre-treat” neuroblastoma tumors in order to make...
Dec 13, 2023
Tafinlar Plus Mekinist Shows Benefits In Pediatric Glioma
A recent phase 2 trial revealed that the combination of Tafinlar and Mekinist benefitted children with BRAF-mutated low-grade gliomas....
Dec 12, 2023
Pediatric Cancer Survivors Treated With Abdominopelvic RT Have Higher Risk of CRC
Pediatric cancer survivors treated with abdominopelvic region radiotherapy (ART) have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC),...
Dec 11, 2023
Study shows potential of new treatment strategies for most common childhood cancer
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) have made a key discovery about how...
Dec 8, 2023
Promising target for CAR T cells helps cancer trick the immune system
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that GRP78 is a promising but complex target for CAR T–cell immunotherapy...
Dec 7, 2023
Palliative Care Important for Young Patients During ‘Identity Development’
Palliative care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer is important for symptom management and during a time of...
Dec 6, 2023
Scientists discover new Achilles heel of leukemia cells
A team led by Jan-Henning Klusmann from the Department of Pediatrics and Dirk Heckl from the Institute for Experimental Pediatric...
Dec 5, 2023