Potential new treatment strategy for high-risk neuroblastoma
The study found that restricting the cancer’s access to an essential nutrient called arginine yielded promising results, both when used on its own and when used in combination with standard therapies. Read more: https://www.ccia.org.au/blog/potential-new-treatment-strategy-for-high-risk-neuroblastoma
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ecDNA discovery targets ‘zombie’ cells in childhood cancers
Researchers have discovered how circular extra-chromosomal DNA drives relapse in childhood cancers and found a way to target dormant...
Oct 3, 2025
Breakthrough Study Finds Key Mechanism Driving Neuroblastoma Progression
A groundbreaking study led by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has found a novel mechanism behind neuroblastoma progression: the shape and...
Sep 10, 2025
Some cancer cells just won't commit: Why that might be good news for neuroblastoma patients
Identifying why some patients regress and others don't could help thousands of patients. [...] In mice bred to have tumors that were...
Sep 3, 2025
Researchers identify a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma, an...
Aug 20, 2025
NCCN Guidelines Now Recommend Naxitamab for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its guidelines to include the category 2A recommendation of a naxitamab-gqgk...
Jul 17, 2025
Treating a deadly childhood cancer with a sideways approach
Neuroblastomas are the most common cancer in infants, with about 700–800 diagnoses per year in the US, according to the American Cancer...
Mar 27, 2025
Metronomic chemotherapy offers hope for children with neuroblastoma
Despite advances in treatment, survival rates for high-risk and relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma remain dismal, and options like...
Jan 29, 2025
Why copper could be key to treating a rare childhood cancer
The survival rate for children with a rare but deadly cancer could one day be improved by adding an existing drug—which is currently used...
Dec 23, 2024
How a Penn State professor developed a cancer-fighting drug for kids
Giselle Saulnier Sholler has spent 20 years working treatments for neuroblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of early childhood...
Dec 6, 2024

