Treating a deadly childhood cancer with a sideways approach
Neuroblastomas are the most common cancer in infants, with about 700–800 diagnoses per year in the US, according to the American Cancer...
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Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Higher Risk of Chronic Conditions, Early Death
Childhood cancer survivors are more likely than the general population to develop chronic health conditions and die before reaching 65...
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A new CAR-T-cell therapy tricks cancer cells with a decoy to increase treatment efficiency in B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
CAR-T cell therapy has significantly improved outcomes for B-ALL patients, but relapse still occurs in over 50% of cases, leaving many...
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Experimental treatment borrowed from blood cancer shows promise for pediatric brain tumors
In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts caution that...
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Classifying childhood brain cancers by immune response may improve diagnostics and treatments
Researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh...
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Is Less More? Rethinking Salvage Therapy in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma
Now, mounting evidence, including findings from three prospective clinical trials, reveal that nontransplant options are an effective...
Mar 20
Newborns with heart defects may face a higher risk of developing childhood cancer
Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research...
Mar 19
New therapeutic approach shows promise for pediatric high-grade gliomas
Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) in particular are a mostly fatal disease group with a median survival time of less than 18 months...
Mar 18
Space-age lessons could protect childhood cancer survivors’ bone health
"Survivors of childhood cancer, while seemingly unrelated to astronauts in the weightlessness of space, are one group unexpectedly...
Mar 17
Suicidal ideation significantly higher among childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors in Europe exhibited higher risk for suicidal ideation than the general population, according to results of a...
Mar 14