Researchers discover new protein target for childhood medulloblastomas
Higher levels of dihydrolipoyl transacetylase make Group-3 medulloblastomas vulnerable to copper-mediated death. Read more:...
Jul 29, 2025
Childhood Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk of CKD, Hypertension
Childhood cancer survivors had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension, a Canadian population-based matched...
Jul 28, 2025
Study reveals targetable mechanism behind high-risk predisposition gene in pediatric medulloblastoma
Children who inherit a deficient ELP1 gene have an increased risk of developing SHH-medulloblastoma, a subtype of a malignant pediatric...
Jul 25, 2025
Duration of Overweight/Obesity During Treatment Linked to Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients
New research on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) shows that the longer a patient’s body mass index (BMI) falls...
Jul 24, 2025
Pediatric Investigation study identifies immune drivers of medulloblastoma metastasis using explainable AI
Researchers develop an explainable machine learning model to predict metastasis and survival in children with medulloblastoma. Read more:...
Jul 22, 2025
Untreated GHD Linked to Adverse Outcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Untreated growth hormone deficiency was associated with neurocognitive impairment and reduced physical functioning among adult survivors...
Jul 18, 2025
NCCN Guidelines Now Recommend Naxitamab for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its guidelines to include the category 2A recommendation of a naxitamab-gqgk...
Jul 17, 2025
Common appliance raises kids’ cancer risk nearly twice as much as adults’
A new study out of Stanford University reports that benzene-caused cancer risks are significantly higher — especially for children — in...
Jul 16, 2025
How protein-slayer drugs could beat some of the cruellest cancers
Momentum is building for PROTAC treatments that eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat...
Jul 9, 2025
Childhood brain tumors develop early in highly specialized nerve cells, research reveals
A team of researchers at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg...
Jul 8, 2025

