Longer exclusive breastfeeding may lower risk for childhood hematologic cancers
Exclusive breastfeeding duration of at least three months may decrease the risk for childhood hematologic cancers, according to a study...
Apr 18, 2024
Predicting Infection Risk in Childhood Cancer
A statistical model can accurately predict the risk of bloodstream infections in a subset of children with cancer, according to a study...
Apr 17, 2024
Researchers find genetic variant contributing to disparities in childhood leukemia risk
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, disproportionately affects children of Hispanic/Latino origin in...
Apr 16, 2024
Chemotherapy cured my cancer. Years later it likely gave me heart disease.
The link is not uncommon: ‘Cardiotoxicity’ is a major side effect of anticancer treatments. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wel...
Apr 15, 2024
How Cancer Can Shape Young Patients’ Sense of Identity
As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE® spoke with Lillian Dugan of the Dear Jack Foundation about how a cancer diagnosis ‘adds a...
Apr 12, 2024
Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers
Although more than 85% of childhood cancer survivors will achieve a 5-year survival, that does not tell the whole tale for these...
Apr 11, 2024
Change in MYCN-driven cell state opens therapeutic window in high-risk neuroblastoma
A switch between cell states within MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma promotes KDM4, inhibition of which shows promising anticancer potential....
Apr 10, 2024
Immunotherapy targeting cancer fusion protein may hold key to treating rare liver cancer
Findings from scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center suggest T-cell...
Apr 9, 2024
Researchers unveil the origin of second pediatric cancers and chemotherapy-induced mutations in healthy tissues
In a study published by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the PCCB-Sant Joan de Déu Hospital · Sant Joan de...
Apr 8, 2024
Scientists find core regulatory circuit controlling identity of aggressive lymphoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found a small set of proteins that maintain...
Apr 5, 2024