- May 24, 2017
Newcastle experts' breakthrough could make treatment for children with brain cancer less gruelli
A breakthrough by Newcastle scientists could not only see more children cured of a common cancer, but reduce youngster’s suffering as...
- May 18, 2017
Childhood Cancer and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
For parent and child, a cancer diagnosis is a mental shock. And the physical shocks that follow that diagnosis- invasive treatments,...
- May 15, 2017
Younger patients face unique challenges post-cancer
More than 80 per cent of teens and young adults who are diagnosed with cancer will survive.But cancer and its treatment have a...
- May 15, 2017
Watching movies can replace general anesthesia for kids with cancer having radiotherapy
Children with cancer could be spared dozens of doses of general anesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the inside of a...
- May 5, 2017
Cranial radiotherapy linked to subsequent meningiomas in childhood cancer survivors
The diagnosis of meningioma in childhood cancer survivors exposed to cranial radiotherapy increased risk for neurologic morbidity,...
- May 5, 2017
Pregnancy complications await childhood cancer survivors
Women who manage to conceive after surviving childhood cancer may encounter treatment-related pregnancy and labor complications if they...
- May 5, 2017
Second cancers deadlier in young patients
Second cancers in children and adolescents and young adults (AYA) are far deadlier than they are in older adults and may partially...
- May 5, 2017
Fertility challenges a burden for adolescents and young adults with cancer: new report
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Partnership) has released a report on Canadian adolescents and young adults (AYAs) – aged 15...