Combination therapy shows promise in fighting neuroblastoma
A study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles sheds further...
Oct 13, 2016
Double Stem Cell Transplant May Help Fight a Childhood Cancer
Young children with a rare and often deadly cancer of the nervous system might have a better chance of survival if they receive two stem...
Jun 7, 2016
Scientists work to bring about a new treatment for rare childhood cancer
In a study featured on the cover of last month's edition of the journal Cancer Cell, Anthony Faber, Ph.D., and a team of scientists...
Mar 7, 2016
Gene often lost in childhood cancer crucial in cells' life or death decision
A gene that is often lost in childhood cancer plays an important role in the decision between life and death of certain cells, according...
Jan 25, 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
New drug may overcome treatment resistance in a high-risk children's cancer
Pediatric oncologists from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have reported their latest results in devising new treatments...
Jan 8, 2016
Change in a single DNA base drives a childhood cancer
Pediatric oncology researchers have pinpointed a crucial change in a single DNA base that both predisposes children to an aggressive form...
Nov 11, 2015
Environmental factors may contribute to the development of some childhood cancers
Environmental factors may be a contributory cause in the development of some childhood cancers, leading scientists have revealed. Read...
Nov 10, 2015
Australian Scientists Identify Experimental Drug That Could Stop Neuroblastoma Cancer
Melbourne: Australian scientists have identified a critical molecular 'feedback loop' that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, a...
Nov 5, 2015
Discovery led by MSU professor finds two common medicines can fight childhood cancer
Dr. Bachmann, who has a history of finding new uses for old drugs, found in his research that a combination of the drugs DFMO or...
Oct 8, 2015