Fear of Disease Progression Can Be ‘Debilitating’ For Some Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors
While it is normal for parents of childhood cancer survivors to experience anxiety and depression related to the fear of disease ...
Aug 19, 2021
Study Supports Early Breast Cancer Screening in Child Cancer Survivors Not Treated With Radiation
Early initiation of breast cancer screening may reduce breast cancer mortality for female survivors of childhood cancer who did not...
Aug 18, 2021
Barrie-based charity helps 'forgotten patients' dealing with child cancer diagnoses
Having a family member with cancer is heart-breaking enough, but when that person is your own child it is even more devastating. That is...
Aug 13, 2021
Pediatric ALL Relapse May Be Caused by Mutations From Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is standard care for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but new research shows thiopurines can cause mutations ...
Aug 11, 2021
Heated chemotherapy can help some children with cancer
Tumors that have spread to the lining of the abdomen are tough to treat. But a select number of cancer teams across the country have...
Aug 3, 2021
International Collaboration Helps Refine Treatment for Childhood Leukemia
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working with colleagues in China to develop better therapy for childhood acute...
Jul 30, 2021
Tiny bubbles used to treat common childhood cancer
Researchers at UCL have developed a new way to deliver drugs that can shut down cancer-promoting mutations in neuroblastoma. The...
Jul 29, 2021
Geneticists Reveal How Mutation Causes a Devastating Childhood Cancer
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable ...
Jul 26, 2021
Frailty contributes to neurocognitive decline in young adult childhood cancer survivors
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found a link between post-cancer treatment frailty and neurocognitive decline...
Jul 21, 2021
Immunotherapy Trial May Be Feasible to Combat Pediatric Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
An innovative clinical trial led by Dr. Nicholas Vitanza, a neuro-oncologist at Seattle Children’s, shows promise that delivering ...
Jul 13, 2021

