Dec 19, 2024
CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows EFS Benefit in Pediatric Leukemia Subset
Treatment with bicistronic CD19/CD22 CAR-T cell therapy has shown event-free survival improvements in children with relapsed or...
Dec 18, 2024
Global clinical trial shows improved survival rates for common childhood leukemia
Early study results were so promising that the trial closed early, with findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
Dec 17, 2024
More than half of children with cancer die in the hospital
Children with cancer died at home less often than adults, according to study results. Children with racial or ethnic minority backgrounds...
Dec 13, 2024
A new CHOP research program is exploring ways to reduce long-term effects of cancer treatment
A new research program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will focus exclusively on the long-term effects of cancer treatment in...
Dec 12, 2024
The ticking ‘epigenetic’ clock measures true biological age
Though almost all childhood cancer survivors experience some epigenetic age acceleration, the experience is not the same across the whole...
Dec 11, 2024
Serum protein panel test can help identify cardiomyopathy risk in childhood cancer survivors
Findings from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are showing promise for assessing cardiomyopathy risk in childhood...
Dec 10, 2024
UCalgary researchers help preserve future fertility options for children impacted by cancer
University of Calgary researchers are giving children and adolescents whose fertility may be impacted by cancer, or treatments associated...
Dec 6, 2024
How a Penn State professor developed a cancer-fighting drug for kids
Giselle Saulnier Sholler has spent 20 years working treatments for neuroblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of early childhood...
Dec 3, 2024
New insights into risk assessment of rare, aggressive tumors in children
An international research team including researchers from Augsburg University Medicine has made significant progress in the risk...
Nov 29, 2024
CNIO opens up new research pathways against paediatric cancer Ewing sarcoma by discovering mechanisms that make it more aggressive
A new study led by Ana Losada, head of the Chromosomal Dynamics Group at Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), identifies...