Healthy Aging After Surviving Childhood Cancer Depends on Age, Treatments Received
Survivors of childhood cancers have worse rates of healthy aging with older age at diagnosis, according to results of a study presented...
Aug 12
Study Unveils Potential Therapeutic Pathways for Aggressive Pediatric Brain Tumor
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the Broad Institute of...
Aug 8
Children and families in Northwestern Ontario facing childhood cancer now have access to comprehensive, specialized care in Thunder Bay
In collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Pediatric Oncology Group (POGO) and the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences...
Aug 7
Young Cancer Survivors Struggle With Persistent Fear of Recurrence
Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is both highly prevalent and psychologically burdensome for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer...
Aug 5
Childhood kidney cancer has millions of genetic changes, opening door to possible treatments
Concentrating on a type of childhood kidney cancer, known as Wilms tumour, an international team genetically sequenced multiple tumours...
Aug 1
Genetics and therapy type determine second cancer risk after childhood treatment
Physicians caring for survivors of childhood cancer later in life should be aware that survivors’ genetics, in addition to their...
Jul 31
Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer
A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia...
Jul 30
Researchers discover new protein target for childhood medulloblastomas
Higher levels of dihydrolipoyl transacetylase make Group-3 medulloblastomas vulnerable to copper-mediated death. Read more:...
Jul 29
Childhood Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk of CKD, Hypertension
Childhood cancer survivors had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension, a Canadian population-based matched...
Jul 28
Study reveals targetable mechanism behind high-risk predisposition gene in pediatric medulloblastoma
Children who inherit a deficient ELP1 gene have an increased risk of developing SHH-medulloblastoma, a subtype of a malignant pediatric...
Jul 25