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Splicing Deregulation Detected and Targeted in Type of Childhood Leukemia

In some children, pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can become resistant to treatment; UC San Diego researchers think they now know why....

Two-year-old Millbrook boy’s cancer journey featured in charity’s 2023 calendar

As outlined in Ezra’s story, featured in Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer (OPACC)’s 2023 wall calendar, the Gulliver...

Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia cases

Now cancer experts at the University of South Australia are striving to change these outcomes as new genetic research shows that up to...

Research reveals high-risk subtype of relapsed pediatric AML

Scientists have found a previously overlooked mutation in a subtype of pediatric leukemia that has implications for identifying...

Study finds potential therapeutic target for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy...

Scientists identify potential drug candidates for deadly pediatric leukemia

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two existing drug candidates--JAK inhibitors and...

Targeting stem cells: The path to curing poor-prognosis leukaemia

Researchers at Children's Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood...

Dexrazoxane Prevents Anthracycline-Related Cardiotoxicity in Childhood AML

New data from researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) suggests use of dexrazoxane could provide some much-needed...

Breast cancer drug could be used to treat life-threatening leukaemia, Newcastle experts find

Experts at Newcastle University have identified that the drug, palbociclib can work effectively on treating acute myeloid leukaemia. Read...

Study finds differences between adult and childhood leukemia, calls for developing age-specific canc

A study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with contributions from researchers across North America, has found stark...

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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children

Nanomedicine research into drug delivery system a 'milestone' in the treatment of childhood cancer

New study identifies bereaved parents’ medical priorities for children with advanced cancer

Anesthesia for pediatric cancer patients: What parents should know

Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Increased Rates of Late, Major Surgeries

Advanced immunotherapy treatment may hold promise for children with brain cancer

Organoid models provide new scientific insights into a rare childhood liver cancer

Caring for adult children with cancer: 4 tips for parents

Study explores psychosocial needs of African American parents of children with cancer

Immunotherapy improves the prognosis of babies with a very aggressive leukemia