Breakthrough ‘shrinks’ childhood tumours
Cancer Research UK and the University of Southampton have unveiled a therapy for neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the nervous...
Aug 13, 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
Tumors evolve rapidly in a childhood cancer, leaving fewer obvious tumor targets
An extensive genomic study of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma reinforces the challenges in treating the most aggressive forms of this...
Jan 22, 2013
New gene-sequencing tools offer clues to highest-risk form of a childhood cancer
Using powerful gene-analysis tools, researchers have discovered mutations in two related genes, ARID1A and ARID1B, that are involved in...
Dec 4, 2012
Nanomedicine Breakthrough Could Improve Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancer
In a world-first, researchers from the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have...
Nov 20, 2012
DNA method can provide more effective treatment of childhood cancer
After leukaemia and brain tumours, neuroblastoma is the most common form of cancer to affect children. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska...
Oct 19, 2012
New gene variants increase risk of paediatric cancer
Two new gene variants have been discovered by researchers from Italy and the United States that increase the risk of neuroblastoma, a...
Oct 4, 2012
A Child’s Cancer Story Inspires Taylor Swift
By now you may have heard Taylor Swift’s heart-rending song “Ronan,” about the too-short life of a little boy. Ms. Swift gave it an...
Sep 18, 2012
Whole-genome scan helps select best treatment for childhood cancer
A whole-genome scan to identify large-scale chromosomal damage can help doctors choose the best treatment option for children with...
Sep 18, 2012
New gene variants raise risk of neuroblastoma, influence tumor progression
Researchers have discovered two gene variants that raise the risk of the pediatric cancer neuroblastoma. Using automated technology to...
Sep 6, 2012