Novartis receives Health Canada approval of its CAR-T cell therapy, Kymriah™
Novartis is pleased to announce that following a Priority Review, Health Canada has approved Kymriah™ (tisagenlecleucel/ CTL019) the...
Sep 6, 2018
Pre-clinical data suggests Noxopharm’s anti-cancer drug can boost radiation effect on paediatric bra
Pre-clinical data has confirmed Noxopharm’s (ASX: NOX) experimental idronoxil anti-cancer drug can boost the killing effect of radiation...
Jul 6, 2018
Larotrectinib shows promise in paediatric patients with TRK gene mutations
A new cancer drug has proven safe and effective for pediatric patients with a rare tumour gene mutation. The study tested the safety and...
Apr 9, 2018
Potential Cognitive Effects of Targeted Drugs in Children may be Reversible with Therapy
Young mice that received molecularly targeted therapies used to treat brain cancer in human patients sustained cognitive and behavioural...
Mar 22, 2018
Senate passes bill to improve cancer drugs for children
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation requiring the pharmaceutical industry to expend more resources on treatment for...
Aug 4, 2017
Doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide in childhood increases risk for second malignancies
Patients who received doxorubicin for childhood cancers faced an increased risk for breast cancer and solid tumors later in life,...
Jun 16, 2017
Hope for less toxic drug for cancer babies
While children over age 12 months with a common form of leukaemia have a 90 per cent chance of being cured, many babies do not survive....
Jul 25, 2016
Methotrexate exposure impacts cognitive processes cancer survivors need to multitask
Research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital suggests that pediatric leukemia patients exposed to higher concentrations of the...
Jun 7, 2016
High Doses Of Common Chemo Drug Methotrexate Limit Relapses Of Childhood Leukemia
With a cure rate approaching 90 percent, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood cancer, is one of the big...
Apr 27, 2016
MSU prof breaks ground with childhood cancer discovery
Today the drug is in clinical trials in 24 U.S. hospitals. Patient trials are aimed at assessing the drug's effectiveness against...
Jan 8, 2016

