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
Childhood cancer researchers discover 'magic bullet' drug
Researchers at the Children's Cancer Institute say they've developed a drug which they're so confident about that they're calling it a...
May 1, 2013
The FDA and Childhood Cancer -- the Change That Has to Come -- Piece No. II
Being sent to an emergency room to have a CT scan performed on your two-year-old child is frightening. Being brought into a small cramped...
Mar 28, 2013
Engaging the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer - Piece No. I
This is the first piece in a four piece series that I hope will lay out a plausible road-map for the fight against childhood cancer....
Mar 20, 2013
Child Cancer Survival Imperiled by Lack of New Drugs
Improving childhood cancer survival rates is being stymied by regulatory burdens and stagnant research approaches, U.S. and European...
Feb 20, 2013
Genetic Basis of High-Risk Childhood Cancer Points to Possible New Drug Treatment Strategy
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists lead a study that finds new genetic defects in high-risk childhood leukemia subtypes...
Jan 22, 2013
GSK, other firm's potential childhood cancer drugs undergo review
Four experimental cancer treatments that may one day help gravely ill children are facing review by U.S. pediatric advisers who have been...
Dec 18, 2012

