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
Big breakthrough at UAE-funded centre in finding a cure for childhood cancer
Researchers at a UAE-funded medical research centre have made a major breakthrough in finding a cure for a common childhood cancer....
Sep 2, 2015
Novel Therapeutic Agent for Pediatric Cancer Developed at UC San Diego in Clinical Trials
Donald L. Durden, MD, PhD, pediatric researcher at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center has...
Aug 12, 2015
Childhood cancer cells drain immune system’s batteries
Cancer cells in neuroblastoma contain a molecule that breaks down a key energy source for the body’s immune cells, leaving them too...
Aug 4, 2015
Children’s Cancer Is Unprofitable and Ignored
An estimated 2,000 children die of cancer each year, and the overall incidence of childhood cancer has been slowly increasing since 1975....
Jul 21, 2015
Sequencing Study Sees Frequent RAS-MAPK Mutations at Neuroblastoma Relapse
In Nature Genetics, an international team led by investigators in the US, Netherlands, and France pinpointed a role for the RAS-MAPK...
Jul 3, 2015