Immunotherapy for children with primary liver carcinomas: Research offers new hope
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and fibrolamellar carcinoma are rare, aggressive forms of liver cancer that typically affect...
Sep 6, 2024
Pediatric psychologist explains how to support your child's development after a cancer diagnosis
Emily McTate, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic pediatric psychologist who specializes in oncology, explains how proactively supporting your child's...
Sep 5, 2024
Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Have High Prevalence of Chronic Pain
Adult survivors of cancer diagnosed before age 21 have a high prevalence of chronic pain, with significant associations between pain,...
Sep 4, 2024
Spontaneous Remission in Childhood Cancer Rare but Fleeting
In rare cases, patients with cancer experience the hopeful—but usually short-lived—phenomenon of spontaneous remission. A new case report...
Sep 3, 2024
First successful treatment of pediatric high-risk refractory neuroblastoma with PARP inhibition
Scientists and clinicians at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital identified the genetic vulnerability BARD1 in a patient with pediatric...
Aug 30, 2024
Researchers identify malignant cells responsible for relapse in high-risk neuroblastoma
The study marks the first time that researchers identified malignant cells responsible for relapse in neuroblastoma and offers insights...
Aug 29, 2024
New research from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and St. Jude poised to transform approach to diagnosing and treating acute leukemia in children
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (St. Jude) and the Children’s Oncology...
Aug 27, 2024
Researchers enhance natural killer cells to target pediatric brain cancer
In work published in Bioactive Materials , a research team led by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Qing-Xiang "Amy"...
Aug 23, 2024
Scientists identify genes linked to relapse in the most common form of childhood leukemia
Researchers identified genetic predictors of relapse in standard risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia highlighting the role of...
Aug 21, 2024
Air pollution linked to worse childhood cancer survival
Exposure to air pollution is associated with worse overall survival (OS) among children with cancer, shows a large US study. Read more:...
Aug 20, 2024