Childhood cancer catalog opens door to pediatric immunotherapy
A unique facility in Melbourne containing hundreds of childhood cancer tissue samples has produced a first-of-its-kind catalog of pediatric cancers to help identify how the immune system can target each one. Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-childhood-cancer-door-pediatric-immunotherapy.html#goog_rewarded
Dec 16, 2025
New info may pave way for better brain cancer treatments for kids
By creating a registry of tumor-infiltrating cells, researchers are hopeful that they can develop effective and personalized treatments...
Sep 22, 2025
New Research Explains Why Immunotherapy Is Less Effective in Children With Cancer
"Children’s immune systems respond to cancer immunotherapy differently from adults, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet. The...
Jan 31, 2025
New study paves way for immunotherapies tailored for childhood cancers
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems...
Jan 21, 2025
Cutting-edge immunotherapy offers hope for relapsed brain tumors
Indoximod works to reverse the mechanisms that cancer tumors use to hide from the immune system . The chemotherapy damages the tumor,...
Jan 10, 2025
CRISPR Plus Drug Treatment Makes Neuroblastoma Responsive to Immunotherapy
Researchers in Italy and Australia report a triple combination strategy involving CRISPR that boosts the response of neuroblastoma to...
Oct 29, 2024
Immunotherapy for children with primary liver carcinomas: Research offers new hope
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and fibrolamellar carcinoma are rare, aggressive forms of liver cancer that typically affect...
Sep 6, 2024
Study identifies patients who benefit most from dinutuximab-based immunotherapy
Using data from a randomized phase III clinical trial of neuroblastoma patients (treated with or without immunotherapy) performed by the...
Mar 26, 2024
'New' immune system responds better to therapy
Scientists at St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen have shown that immunotherapy ...
Aug 15, 2023
Viral Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors in Children Shows Promise
A viral immunotherapy using a herpes virus to treat brain tumors has been shown to be safe and well-tolerated in a pediatric study from...
Jul 4, 2018

