The Importance of Including Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer in Their Advance Care Planning
Being able to participate in their own care plan and state their end-of-life wishes while they are still healthy enough to take part...
Aug 12, 2015
Scientists Link Gene to Inherited Form of Childhood Leukemia
A team led by MSK researchers has found that some cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children may be linked to an inherited...
Aug 12, 2015
Kids With Cancer Get Futuristic Chance at Saving Fertility
To battle infertility sometimes caused by cancer treatment, some children's hospitals are trying a futuristic approach: removing and...
Aug 11, 2015
Top Takeaways from ASCO: Survivorship
From depression to debilitating fatigue, experts ponder the ‘price of cure’ Read more here: http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/pra...
Aug 10, 2015
Suicidal Ideation Higher for Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors showing few signs of depression are still at significant risk for suicide, researchers warned here. Read more here:...
Aug 5, 2015
Childhood cancer cells drain immune system’s batteries
Cancer cells in neuroblastoma contain a molecule that breaks down a key energy source for the body’s immune cells, leaving them too...
Aug 4, 2015
Gene Variant Linked to Childhood Cancer Drug's Cardio Side Effects
In Nature Genetics, an international team described a gene variant that dials up the risk of heart problems in children treated with the...
Aug 4, 2015
Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Lifelong Challenges
Despite their persistence in the face of disease, survivors of childhood cancer like Lexi are at high risk for what doctors refer to as...
Jul 24, 2015
UofL Physicians Conducting Vaccine Trial for Children with Relapsed Tumors at Kosair Children’s Hosp
Today, however, they and their parents are finding hope in a Phase I research study led by Kenneth G. Lucas, M.D., chief of the division...
Jul 21, 2015
Children’s Cancer Is Unprofitable and Ignored
An estimated 2,000 children die of cancer each year, and the overall incidence of childhood cancer has been slowly increasing since 1975....
Jul 21, 2015