Why Don’t Kids with Cancer Get the Drugs They Need?
In the last 25 years, just two drugs have been approved specifically to treat pediatric cancer in the United States, Vickie Buenger,...
Apr 23, 2014
CanCertainty: Campaign for Equal and Fair Cancer Treatment for All Canadians
Cancer patients in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces should not be systemically discriminated against simply because the cancer-fighting...
Mar 18, 2014
EU rules "mean children can't get life-saving cancer drugs"
(Reuters) - Children with cancer are being denied access to potentially life-saving medicines because European Union rules allow drug...
Feb 11, 2014
Gene sequencing project finds family of drugs with promise for treating childhood tumor
Drugs that enhance a process called oxidative stress were found to kill rhabdomyosarcoma tumor cells growing in the laboratory and...
Dec 17, 2013
Double-pronged attack could treat common children’s cancer
A dual-pronged strategy using two experimental cancer drugs together could successfully treat a childhood cancer by inhibiting tumour...
Nov 28, 2013
Childhood Cancer: The Continued Shortage of Life-Saving Drugs
The shortage of medication in the world of childhood cancer is not new. It is a recurring problem and a concrete plan needs to be enacted...
Nov 27, 2013
Two-pronged drug attack could treat childhood cancer
A combination of two potential anti-cancer drugs could help block the growth of a particular childhood cancer, according to a study from...
Nov 7, 2013
'Superformula' Chemotherapy Helps Childhood Cancer Patients Feel Strong
While cancer is scary for anyone who has it, children are faced with even more fear as they might not understand exactly what is...
Jun 6, 2013
Beta-blockers could enhance chemotherapies for childhood cancer
Beta-blockers could be used to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapies for treating neuroblastoma. The disease is a type of...
May 27, 2013
At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows
Children with cancer often have complex medication regimens -- sometimes as many as 20 drugs a day -- that they take at home, and...
May 6, 2013

