Dec 27, 2024
Menin inhibitor clinical trial puts pediatric leukemia patient in remission
“Patient response to revumenib has been good in other clinical trials,” explains Cuglievan. “But it’s also been short-lived when used...
Dec 24, 2024
Infantile Fibrosarcoma and Other Solid Tumors Respond Well to Precision Medicine
There’s new evidence that Larotrectinib (Vitrakvi), by Loxo Oncology and Bayer, is highly effective in children with newly diagnosed...
Dec 23, 2024
Why copper could be key to treating a rare childhood cancer
The survival rate for children with a rare but deadly cancer could one day be improved by adding an existing drug—which is currently used...
Dec 20, 2024
Innovative surgery preserves limb growth for childhood bone cancer patients
Ewing’s sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and other bone cancers often impinge upon the growth plates of children’s arms and legs, explained...
Dec 19, 2024
CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows EFS Benefit in Pediatric Leukemia Subset
Treatment with bicistronic CD19/CD22 CAR-T cell therapy has shown event-free survival improvements in children with relapsed or...
Dec 18, 2024
Global clinical trial shows improved survival rates for common childhood leukemia
Early study results were so promising that the trial closed early, with findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
Dec 17, 2024
More than half of children with cancer die in the hospital
Children with cancer died at home less often than adults, according to study results. Children with racial or ethnic minority backgrounds...
Dec 13, 2024
A new CHOP research program is exploring ways to reduce long-term effects of cancer treatment
A new research program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will focus exclusively on the long-term effects of cancer treatment in...
Dec 12, 2024
The ticking ‘epigenetic’ clock measures true biological age
Though almost all childhood cancer survivors experience some epigenetic age acceleration, the experience is not the same across the whole...
Dec 11, 2024
Serum protein panel test can help identify cardiomyopathy risk in childhood cancer survivors
Findings from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are showing promise for assessing cardiomyopathy risk in childhood...