Most survivors of childhood cancer don't get the tests needed to detect serious long-term adverse effects, finds study
Despite the existence of surveillance guidelines that recommend screening for adult cancers and other "late effects" of cancer therapy,...
Mar 20, 2024
For childhood cancer survivors, inherited genetic factors influence risk of cancers later in life
Common inherited genetic factors that predict cancer risk in the general population may also predict elevated risk of new cancers among...
Mar 19, 2024
Study: How fusion proteins hijack gene regulators to spur childhood cancer
A new study details how fusion proteins hijack a key gene regulator to spur childhood cancer. Read more: https://www.buffalo.edu/news/rel...
Mar 18, 2024
Study: Improved Chemotherapy and Surgery Eliminating Need for Radiation for Low-Grade Gliomas
Successful outcomes from evolving surgical and chemotherapy treatments for pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) have greatly reduced the...
Mar 8, 2024
Combining CAR-T cells and inhibitor drugs for high-risk neuroblastoma
Roberto Chiarle, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital and his colleagues now report a way to make CAR-T cell therapy work better in...
Mar 7, 2024
Unlocking the Genetic Mysteries: How Childhood Cancer Influences Human Evolution
In a groundbreaking study that marries the fields of oncology and evolutionary biology, researchers have shed new light on how childhood...
Mar 6, 2024
Universal, essential biomarker identified for childhood neuroblastoma
Researchers have newly identified a universal, essential biomarker for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma – and a potential new target...
Mar 5, 2024
Research reveals increased mortality risk in childhood cancer survivors after cardiovascular events
New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and VCU Health Pauley Heart Center indicates that survivors of childhood...
Mar 4, 2024
To really save the lives of children with brain cancer, we need to minimise morbidity
A recent review paper led by scientists at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research looks at how the...
Mar 1, 2024
New research identifies air pollution's role in childhood cancers—and how greenness might help mitigate it
In a new study led by the University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center and the U of M Medical School, researchers found that exposure...
Feb 29, 2024