Dec 19, 2012
OPACC has opening for paid, part-time Parent Liaison position
OPACC is seeking to fill an opening for a paid, part-time Parent Liaison. Please click here to view the job posting.
Dec 18, 2012
Broccoli compound fighting childhood cancer
Once again broccoli and its family of cruciferous vegetables has been found as another possible treatment, this time for the childhood...
Dec 18, 2012
New leukemia treatment uses disabled HIV to save girl’s life
A new leukemia treatment, which showed success in adults during its debut, is now making the same headway in children, states a report...
Dec 18, 2012
GSK, other firm's potential childhood cancer drugs undergo review
Four experimental cancer treatments that may one day help gravely ill children are facing review by U.S. pediatric advisers who have been...
Dec 5, 2012
Risk model may predict thyroid cancer in childhood cancer survivors
A model that accounts for self-reported risk factors, as well as basic radiation and chemotherapy information, predicted thyroid cancer...
Dec 5, 2012
Children with cancer 'bullied by classmates'
Children with cancer are being bullied by their classmates, losing friends and risk falling behind at school, research suggests. Read...
Dec 5, 2012
Predicting the age at menopause of women having suffered from childhood cancers
This study provided important data about the fertility window of women who had suffered from childhood cancer and information concerning...
Dec 5, 2012
Drugmakers Nudged by FDA to Find Childhood Cancer Cures
Four experimental cancer treatments that may one day help gravely ill children are facing review by U.S. pediatric advisers who have been...
Dec 4, 2012
New gene-sequencing tools offer clues to highest-risk form of a childhood cancer
Using powerful gene-analysis tools, researchers have discovered mutations in two related genes, ARID1A and ARID1B, that are involved in...
Nov 29, 2012
New treatment in works for type of childhood cancer
Researchers in Utah may have found a possible new treatment for an often deadly form of childhood cancer. Read more:...