Surviving cancer as a child can affect lifelong health
People who survive cancer early in their life have higher risks of ill health as they grow older, and these risks vary according to the...
Nov 15, 2021
Drug combination highly effective in children with standard-and high-risk APL
A clinical trial has found that the combination of all-trans retinoic acid, which is a metabolite of vitamin A, and arsenic trioxide is...
Nov 12, 2021
Safety concerns raised for neuroblastoma candidate drug
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists looking for drugs to improve survival of children with high-risk neuroblastoma found a ...
Nov 11, 2021
Radiotherapy may explain why childhood cancer survivors often develop metabolic disease
A new study finds that childhood cancer patients who were treated with abdominal or total body irradiation grow up to display...
Nov 10, 2021
Can testicular tissue restore childhood cancer survivors’ fertility?
An experimental procedure that used frozen testicular tissue to restore fertility in animals is heading to clinical trials — and if it...
Nov 9, 2021
Combining drugs ‘may extend lives of children with incurable brain cancer’
Two existing treatments for leukaemia and melanoma cancer were found in the lab to slow the growth of DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine...
Nov 8, 2021
$13,800 in hospital parking for Jake's cancer family
Candice Ward and her partner spent nearly $ 13,800 over four years to park at SickKids Children's Hospital in Toronto, where their son...
Oct 19, 2021
Researchers ‘extraordinarily optimistic’ about potential of CAR-T for pediatric brain cancer
Researchers hope to replicate the successes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia — among the most common pediatric cancers — by ...
Oct 13, 2021
Common diabetes drug promising against rare childhood brain tumor in laboratory studies
Metformin, a drug commonly prescribed against diabetes, holds promise against a rare type of childhood brain tumor in laboratory...
Oct 12, 2021
Risk of Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. Although advances in treatment have led to high cure rates of childhood leukemia,...
Oct 7, 2021