Promising drug trial for rare cancer in young children comes to Montreal
An Ontario family whose son has a rare childhood cancer will be travelling to Montreal, joining a handful of Canadian patients who are...
Aug 23, 2018
Childhood cancer now, mental health problems later?
Children with neuroblastoma, a paediatric cancer of nerve cells, are vulnerable to mental health and behavioural problems, a new study...
Aug 15, 2018
Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium expands into Canada
Children in Canada who are battling neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, have been granted new hope toward a better prognosis and long-term...
Aug 9, 2018
Zika viruses show potential as treatment for high-risk childhood cancer
Zika virus, long feared for its severe effects on pregnant mothers and unborn babies, may hold potential as a cancer treatment for...
Jul 27, 2018
Children with neuroblastoma have an elevated risk of long-term psychological difficulties
A new study reveals that pediatric neuroblastoma patients are at elevated risk for long-term psychological impairment. In addition, those...
Jun 12, 2018
Anti-inflammatory strategy stops aggressive childhood cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug candidate...
May 29, 2018
Study identifies two new biomarkers for common form of childhood cancer
Two new biomarkers for a type of cancer in children called neuroblastoma have been identified in a study published in the journal Cancer...
Mar 13, 2018
Estrogen causes neuroblastoma cells to mature into neurons
The female sex hormone oestrogen can perform an important role in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer mainly affecting young children. Read...
Jan 29, 2018
'Hijacker' drives cancer in some patients with high-risk neuroblastoma
Researchers have identified mechanisms that drive about 10 percent of high-risk neuroblastoma cases and have used a new approach to show...
Jan 24, 2018
Uncovering molecular targets for childhood cancer therapeutics
In the past two decades, despite extensive efforts to identify the genes associated with 11q aberrations in NB, definitive answers are...
Dec 29, 2017

