- Feb 3, 2015
Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute: A New Attempt at Bridge-Building for Childhood
For children diagnosed with cancer, the number one cause of death by disease in the United States, amazing progress has been made over...
- Feb 3, 2015
Higher Birthweight Linked to Increased Childhood Cancer Risk
Studies exploring potential prenatal risk factors for childhood leukaemia have consistently found that children with the disease have...
- Jan 29, 2015
Variation in risk for late mortality among pediatric cancer survivors can persist up to 20 years pos
Although all survivors of pediatric cancer face increased risk for death, the risk is reduced as survivors age through childhood and...
- Jan 27, 2015
Study of Pediatric Cancers Shows Strong Link Between Tumor Microdiversity and Prognosis
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Measuring the microdiversity in the tumors of children treated with chemotherapy could help predict which kids are...
- Jan 27, 2015
Predominant Cancer in Children Gets Potential New Drug Therapy
Scientists at the Children’s Hospital Los Angles (CHLA) have developed a new and much needed treatment to combat drug resistance in the...
- Jan 21, 2015
Drug targets identified through cell line to potentially treat rare pediatric cancer
A team of investigators at the Cumming School of Medicine have made key new findings about an extremely rare childhood cancer called...