- Jun 8, 2020
Identifying survivors at high risk of secondary cancers
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying the combined effect of cancer treatments and inherited mutations in...
- Jun 8, 2020
A new immunotherapeutic agent for children and adolescents with advanced lymphoma
It establishes a new standard treatment with an improved cure rate for children with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma, mainly Burkitt...
- Jun 3, 2020
Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road
New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/...
- Jun 3, 2020
Children with Down syndrome, ALL at higher risk for poor outcomes
Children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia continue to experience poorer outcomes than children with ALL who do not...
- Jun 3, 2020
Childhood Cancer Survivors See Uptick in Colorectal Polyps
Childhood cancer survivors are developing colorectal polyps unrelated to a familial syndrome, the usual association, according to new...
- Jun 1, 2020
Study Opens Up Possibility for Use of Precision Medicine in Pediatric Cancer
Matching children diagnosed with advanced cancers to targeted anti-cancer agents appears to show some potential for improving...
- Jun 1, 2020
Assessing cancer diagnosis in children with birth defects
Scientific studies suggest that children with birth defects are at increased risk of cancer. However, it has not been assessed whether...
- May 29, 2020
Does a Childhood Cancer Diagnosis Negatively Affect Marriage? Study Indicates the Answer is No
The diagnosis of cancer in a child can be devastating to parents and other loved ones, but in a recent study from Denmark, a childhood...