Researchers develop tool to predict likelihood of premature menopause in childhood cancer survivors
Researchers have developed a statistical model that predicts the likelihood of female childhood cancer survivors developing premature...
Apr 4, 2024
Development of novel therapies for pediatric cancer: Successes and challenges
Peter J. Houghton from Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and Mary-Ann Bjornsti from the University of Alabama discuss some of...
Apr 3, 2024
What to Do if Your Child’s Leukemia Comes Back
About 15 percent of patients with ALL will relapse, while 30 to 50 percent of patients with AML will have a recurrence, says Melissa...
Apr 2, 2024
Cancer Researcher Talks Predicting Future Health Problems in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sapkota said that despite this increase in life expectancy, researchers still need to make progress in preventing the onset of late...
Apr 1, 2024
A team effort delivers a new tool for fighting neuroblastoma
Families of paediatric cancer patients have helped move a pioneering treatment for neuroblastoma from the lab to the clinic. Could this...
Mar 28, 2024
RNA-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors in Mice
Targeting a non-encoding stretch of RNA may help shrink tumors caused by an aggressive type of brain cancer in children, according to new...
Mar 27, 2024
Study identifies patients who benefit most from dinutuximab-based immunotherapy
Using data from a randomized phase III clinical trial of neuroblastoma patients (treated with or without immunotherapy) performed by the...
Mar 26, 2024
CAR T cell therapy for pediatric patients: What parents should know
CAR T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that modifies T cells, so they can detect and fight cancer cells. This therapy is...
Mar 25, 2024
Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say
As calls mount for better screening, awareness and treatments, investigators are scrambling to explain why rates are increasing. The most...
Mar 22, 2024
‘Alarming’ number of childhood cancer survivors currently smoke despite negative impacts
Childhood cancer survivors had a significantly higher prevalence of smoking than the general population, contrary to previous research,...
Mar 21, 2024

