- Apr 16, 2013
Gene sequencing project finds new mutations to blame for a majority of brain tumor subtype
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified mutations responsible...
- Apr 10, 2013
IVF Babies May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Children born after in vitro fertilization (IVF) or other fertility treatments appear to be at modestly elevated risk of cancer, although...
- Apr 10, 2013
New immunotherapies are seldom developed for childhood cancer
More often than not, cancer immunotherapies that work in adults are used in modified ways in children. Seldom are new therapies developed...
- Apr 10, 2013
Air Pollution From Traffic Linked With Childhood Cancer
There is a link between exposure to traffic pollution during pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer, according to a new study presented...
- Apr 8, 2013
Update on parking at Sick Kids
Dear OPACC families and friends, On Tuesday March 26th, Susan Kuczynski and I had the opportunity to meet with senior management from the...
- Apr 5, 2013
Scientists develop new cancer immunotherapy treatment for children with high-risk solid tumors
Recently, research using adoptive T-cell immunotherapy in blood cancers have shown success, most notably in the case of a seven-year-old...
- Apr 5, 2013
Wording used by GPs can impact child cancer diagnosis
The wording used by GPs in a hospital referral letter may have a "significant" impact on the time it takes to diagnose a child with...
- Apr 5, 2013
Arguing for Increases in Federal Funding for Childhood Cancer Research -- Part III
Money makes the world go 'round. Or so we are told. Certainly for medical research, this is true. And, for the childhood cancer...