Oct 19, 2021
$13,800 in hospital parking for Jake's cancer family
Candice Ward and her partner spent nearly $ 13,800 over four years to park at SickKids Children's Hospital in Toronto, where their son...
Oct 13, 2021
Researchers ‘extraordinarily optimistic’ about potential of CAR-T for pediatric brain cancer
Researchers hope to replicate the successes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia — among the most common pediatric cancers — by ...
Oct 12, 2021
Common diabetes drug promising against rare childhood brain tumor in laboratory studies
Metformin, a drug commonly prescribed against diabetes, holds promise against a rare type of childhood brain tumor in laboratory...
Oct 7, 2021
Risk of Leukemia in Children with Down Syndrome
Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. Although advances in treatment have led to high cure rates of childhood leukemia,...
Oct 6, 2021
Are childhood cancers different? Understanding the immune response to tumors in pediatric neuroblas
In a recent study published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, a team of physician-scientists from the University of Chicago...
Oct 5, 2021
Supporting Parents After a Child’s Cancer Diagnosis
Does time really heal all wounds? As the parent of a child who was diagnosed with cancer, I know that some wounds never do heal ...