Large clinical trial seeks to prevent heart failure among childhood cancer survivors
Results suggest that more childhood cancer survivors may benefit from a heart-saving medication called carvedilol, even long after their...
Jan 17, 2024
New treatment improves outcomes for children with rare cancer
A new treatment for a rare form of children’s cancer – which combines anti-tumour drugs with chemotherapy – improves the chances of...
Jan 16, 2024
Researchers find Zika virus is effective when used to treat a type of childhood cancer in mice
Injecting neuroblastoma tumors with Zika virus shrank or eliminated those tumors in studies with mice, suggesting that the virus could...
Jan 15, 2024
Research potentially expands options for patients with aggressive childhood cancer
Research is shedding light and potentially expanding options for patients living with Medulloblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer....
Jan 12, 2024
Brain tumors in children: Cancer cells become less aggressive as they migrate within the tumor, finds study
Certain brain tumors in small children contain cells that develop very similarly to normal brain cells and others that have already...
Jan 10, 2024
Researchers Develop Method That Converts Aggressive Cancer Cells into Healthy Cells in Children
If further research confirms these findings, clinical laboratory identification of cancer cells could lead to new treatments for certain...
Jan 9, 2024
Immune atlas at cell level points to new combination treatment for incurable childhood cancer
A detailed 'atlas' of neuroblastoma tumors points to a new target for immunotherapy. Scientists from the Princess Máxima Center for...
Jan 8, 2024
Cardiovascular testing rates 'poor' among adult survivors of childhood cancer
Adult survivors of childhood cancer with a high risk of cardiovascular disease may not be receiving proper cardiac testing, according to...
Jan 5, 2024
Could the gut microbiome play a key role in preventing childhood leukaemia?
Now a team of researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London suggests that the microbiome could play an important role...
Jan 4, 2024
Automated liquid biopsy detects brain tumor cells in children
Pediatric researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center wanted to know whether a liquid biopsy tool that relies on...
Jan 2, 2024