- Feb 25, 2016
Forty-Four (and Other Brutal Numbers Associated With Childhood Cancer)
The National Institute of Health's web site (NIH) estimates that nearly 16,000 kids (roughly 44 each day) between the ages of 0 and 19...
- Dec 18, 2015
Promising new results from immunotherapy
After about five years of testing in humans, an experimental cell therapy that boosts the immune system continues to produce long...
- Oct 28, 2015
New finding offers clues for blocking cancer gene
A new study suggests a potential new way to block one of the most common cancer-causing genes, without causing severe side effects. Read...
- Oct 27, 2015
New hope for the 20 percent of kids who don't respond to standard cancer treatment
A new drug combination being trialled in a groundbreaking CHU Sainte-Justine/University of Montreal study is giving hope for survival,...
- Oct 8, 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...
- Sep 9, 2015
Support for fast-tracking new drugs into clinical trials for childhood acute leukemia
Children's Cancer Institute, under the direction of Principal Investigator, Professor Richard Lock, Head of the Leukaemia Biology...
- Sep 8, 2015
Nanotechnology: A new way to treat kids' cancer
Because chemotherapy kills cancerous and normal cells, some children face long-term complications including learning problems, bone...
- Sep 2, 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....
- Jul 21, 2015
UofL Physicians Conducting Vaccine Trial for Children with Relapsed Tumors at Kosair Children’s Hosp
Today, however, they and their parents are finding hope in a Phase I research study led by Kenneth G. Lucas, M.D., chief of the division...
- Jul 21, 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....