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Understanding common challenges in childhood cancer treatment
Lorna Rothery interviewed Dr John Glod from the National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, about the...
Oct 15, 2024
New treatments offer hope for childhood cancer patients
Although the prognosis for most patients with pediatric cancer is good, one of the differences in treatment between childhood and adult...
Dec 16, 2023
A well-meaning FDA policy is a threat to pediatric cancer treatment
The medical community today faces a deceptively simple question: How quickly should we act when a child’s life is on the line? I’m a...
Aug 15, 2023
'New' immune system responds better to therapy
Scientists at St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen have shown that immunotherapy ...
Aug 3, 2023
Hope of cancer breakthrough as ‘groundbreaking pill’ annihilates ALL solid tumours in early study
In early studies, the targeted chemotherapy drug has shown to annihilate tumours without affecting surrounding healthy cells. Read more:...
May 18, 2023
Nanomedicine research into drug delivery system a 'milestone' in the treatment of childhood cancer
Published this week in Science Translational Medicine, the research paves the way to safer and more effective treatment options for ...
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...
Sep 12, 2017
Powerful Childhood Cancer Treatment Holds Promise--and Poses Hazards
A new type of cancer therapy—recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for children with leukemia who run out of...
Sep 12, 2017
Doctors at Sick Kids find new ways of treating brain tumours — using genetic tests as guidance
Doctors at Sick Kids have developed tests to analyze the molecular makeup of individual brain tumours, leading to the possibility of...
Sep 1, 2017
FDA announces first US gene therapy approval for cancer treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new leukemia treatment, which the agency considers the first gene therapy it has cleared...