Survivors of Childhood Cancer With High Anthracycline Exposure: Can a Beta-Blocker Improve Cardiac Function?
In a U.S./Canadian phase IIb trial (PREVENT-HF) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Armenian et al found that the beta-blocker carvedilol...
Feb 9, 2024
‘We now know our enemy’: UBC study offers new hope for treating relapsed childhood leukemia
New therapies have dramatically improved survival rates among children with pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (pAML)—a cancer that starts...
Feb 8, 2024
Beyond chemotherapy: Navigating the promise and perils of CAR-T therapy in pediatric cancer
Upon hearing the phrase ‘cancer treatment’, the first word that can typically spring to mind is chemotherapy – a primary therapy which...
Feb 7, 2024
Cancer researcher 'beefing up' natural killer cells to stop cancer
A UCF cancer researcher is discovering ways that the body's own natural killer (NK) cells can be energized to fight deadly pediatric...
Feb 6, 2024
RNA sequencing analysis may hold the key to more accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment of pediatric B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pilot study by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope proposes a promising global, clinically applicable genomic assay for the...
Feb 5, 2024
European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy
Liquid biopsies are a promise for the future of personalized cancer medicine: Many children with high-risk neuroblastoma, i.e. 50 percent...
Feb 2, 2024
Specific Plant Foods Reduce Premature Aging in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Dark green vegetables and nuts/seeds intake linked to lower risk for premature aging in childhood cancer survivors. Read more:...
Feb 1, 2024
Experimental Drug May Slow Childhood Brain Tumors
The drug tovorafenib may halt the growth of or shrink some childhood brain tumors, according to a clinical trial published in Nature...
Jan 31, 2024
Childhood cancer has long-term financial effects on family members
In a study recently published in Cancer, Dr. Tim Ohlsen, a research associate and pediatric oncologist, along with his mentor Dr. Eric...
Jan 30, 2024
Study finds concerning contributing factor to childhood cancer: ‘These findings have important public health implications’
Environmental Health News (EHN) reports that a recent large study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute links...
Jan 29, 2024

