Proton therapy improves neurocognitive outcomes of childhood craniopharyngioma
In a recent phase 2 clinical trial for children with craniopharyngioma, researchers at St. Jude found that photon therapy and the more...
Jul 23, 2024
Assembling a molecular mosaic for pediatric brain tumors
With a focus on translational research that grounds new clinical developments in the latest laboratory science, St. Jude is advancing the...
Jul 22, 2024
This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise
CAR-T therapy, which harnesses a person’s own immune cells, racks up some astonishing success stories against deadly brain tumours in...
Jul 18, 2024
Research takes on the long-term health of childhood cancer survivors
New research from the University of Alberta offers the hope of better long-term outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer—and the path...
Jul 17, 2024
Stem-like cells found to drive growth of aggressive pediatric brain tumors
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and...
Jul 16, 2024
Risk for death significantly higher among underweight childhood cancer survivors
Underweight childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for late mortality, according to data from a retrospective cohort study...
Jul 12, 2024
Racial differences seen in epigenetic age acceleration in childhood cancer survivors
For childhood cancer survivors, there are racial and ethnic disparities in epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), which are partially...
Jul 11, 2024
New research out of Quebec gives hope for rare childhood cancer therapy
A joint university study has found that a pathway to a therapy program against a rare and deadly pediatric brain tumour is now possible....
Jul 10, 2024
Whole genome sequencing can improve clinical care of childhood cancer
New research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the...
Jul 5, 2024
UEA leads Europe-wide project to revolutionise childhood bone cancer treatment and research
New clinical guidelines enabling a better understanding of childhood bone cancer will revolutionise treatment for these young patients...
Jul 4, 2024