Team develops gene therapy to ‘pre-treat’ neuroblastoma tumors
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a potential gene therapy to “pre-treat” neuroblastoma tumors in order to make...
Dec 13, 2023
Tafinlar Plus Mekinist Shows Benefits In Pediatric Glioma
A recent phase 2 trial revealed that the combination of Tafinlar and Mekinist benefitted children with BRAF-mutated low-grade gliomas....
Dec 12, 2023
Pediatric Cancer Survivors Treated With Abdominopelvic RT Have Higher Risk of CRC
Pediatric cancer survivors treated with abdominopelvic region radiotherapy (ART) have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC),...
Dec 11, 2023
Study shows potential of new treatment strategies for most common childhood cancer
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) have made a key discovery about how...
Dec 8, 2023
Promising target for CAR T cells helps cancer trick the immune system
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that GRP78 is a promising but complex target for CAR T–cell immunotherapy...
Dec 7, 2023
Palliative Care Important for Young Patients During ‘Identity Development’
Palliative care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer is important for symptom management and during a time of...
Dec 6, 2023
Scientists discover new Achilles heel of leukemia cells
A team led by Jan-Henning Klusmann from the Department of Pediatrics and Dirk Heckl from the Institute for Experimental Pediatric...
Dec 5, 2023
Promising investigational therapy improves survival in aggressive childhood brain tumor
An international team of investigators has identified a drug candidate that nearly doubles survival rates for patients with diffuse ...
Dec 4, 2023
Childhood cancer mortality has fallen significantly in the US, but disparities have emerged
The death rate for cancer among children in the United States is a quarter lower than it was two decades ago, but the declines haven’t ...
Dec 1, 2023
St. Jude scientists identify T-cell differentiation nodes to improve cancer-killing
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital comprehensively mapped the regulatory networks of transcription factors in T cells...
Nov 30, 2023