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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New treatment for deadly blood cancers expected to be approved soon

Cancer doctors in St. Louis are ready to use a new therapy using a patient’s own blood to fight their disease. The therapy, called CAR-T,...

Proton therapy holds promise as best new treatment option for childhood cancers

Proton therapy is a different way to treat childhood cancer. Unlike standard X-ray radiation, proton therapy utilizes sub-atomic...

US advisory panel endorses 'breakthrough' gene therapy for child cancer

An FDA advisory panel has unanimously approved a leukemia treatment that could become the first gene therapy approved in the US. The...

Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve childhood cancer treatment?

Nanomedicine has great potential to safely treat children’s cancer. However, it is currently stymied by too little research. About...

This 8-year-old is free of cancer — for now — after a ‘breakthrough’ treatment

8-year-old Ava Christiansen has been battling cancer for half her life. Now a new specialized cancer treatment may be able to keep her in...

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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children

Nanomedicine research into drug delivery system a 'milestone' in the treatment of childhood cancer

New study identifies bereaved parents’ medical priorities for children with advanced cancer

Anesthesia for pediatric cancer patients: What parents should know

Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Increased Rates of Late, Major Surgeries

Advanced immunotherapy treatment may hold promise for children with brain cancer

Organoid models provide new scientific insights into a rare childhood liver cancer

Caring for adult children with cancer: 4 tips for parents

Study explores psychosocial needs of African American parents of children with cancer

Immunotherapy improves the prognosis of babies with a very aggressive leukemia