Self-reported screening can reduce distressing symptoms for pediatric patients with cancer
Regular, self-reported symptom screening was associated with reduced symptom burden when compared with usual care for pediatric patients...
Nov 15, 2024
Researchers unveil the origin of second pediatric cancers and chemotherapy-induced mutations in healthy tissues
In a study published by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the PCCB-Sant Joan de Déu Hospital · Sant Joan de...
Apr 8, 2024
Development of novel therapies for pediatric cancer: Successes and challenges
Peter J. Houghton from Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and Mary-Ann Bjornsti from the University of Alabama discuss some of...
Apr 3, 2024
Turning the tide: recent advancements in childhood cancer research
Around 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). But since the 1970s, the...
Feb 23, 2024
'It brings hope': How chicken eggs are helping UBC scientists fight childhood cancer
Lim has launched what's believed to be the first-of-its-kind laboratory that uses fertilized chicken eggs to test and analyze how certain...
Jan 23, 2024
St. Jude scientists identify T-cell differentiation nodes to improve cancer-killing
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital comprehensively mapped the regulatory networks of transcription factors in T cells...
Nov 30, 2023
Immune and tumor cell “tug-of-war” controls anti-cancer activity
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found immune and tumor cells compete over glutamine, a major nutrient in their...
Jul 5, 2023
Canadian Pediatric Cancer Consortium launches to advance research in paediatric cancer care
Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children and adolescents in Canada, with 1,500 children newly diagnosed each year....
Jan 20, 2023
To save children with cancer, doctors turn to new weapons
Pushed by parent activists and buoyed by new funding, scientists explore novel strategies to treat deadly pediatric cancers. Read more:...
Aug 8, 2022
How engineers and drug developers are working to change childhood cancer’s deadly calculus
A non-profit organization merges engineering and biology to accelerate drug development for childhood cancers. Read more:...
May 31, 2022