- Jan 29, 2018
Estrogen causes neuroblastoma cells to mature into neurons
The female sex hormone oestrogen can perform an important role in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer mainly affecting young children. Read...
- Jan 29, 2018
Study suggests PD-1 inhibitors against aggressive pediatric brain cancer subtype
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Pediatric Blood Cancers lays the scientific groundwork for the use...
- Jan 26, 2018
Cancer researchers hit a bullseye with new drug target for Ewing sarcoma
Screening a class of recently-developed drug compounds—so-called "CDK inhibitors" capable of blocking CDK7/12/13 proteins—against...
- Jan 25, 2018
UIHC planning on using Vitamin C to fight cancer
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will approach the battle against cancer armed with a common antioxidant: Vitamin C. Vitamin...
- Jan 25, 2018
Specialized Pediatric Palliative Care Teams Reduce High-Intensity Care at End of Life
The presence of a specialized pediatric palliative care (SPPC) team lowered the odds that a child with cancer would be admitted to an...
- Jan 24, 2018
High-tech imaging could reveal mysteries of bone damage in kids with chronic disease
The work, much of which focuses on kids, is led by Mary Leonard, MD, professor of pediatrics and of medicine and the center’s founding...
- Jan 24, 2018
'Hijacker' drives cancer in some patients with high-risk neuroblastoma
Researchers have identified mechanisms that drive about 10 percent of high-risk neuroblastoma cases and have used a new approach to show...
- Jan 17, 2018
More hope for kids with even the toughest leukemia cases
We’re sending children to the United States for experimental CAR-T treatment, but it will be coming to Toronto soon. Read more:...