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Oct 23

Three Cycles of Chemo Noninferior to Six for Rare Childhood Eye Cancer

A shorter regimen of three cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy was noninferior to a standard six-cycle regimen among patients with...

Oct 22

‘Alarmingly’ few childhood cancer survivors undergo recommended surveillance for late effects

A high percentage of childhood survivors do not undergo guideline-recommended monitoring for late effects, according to results of a...

Oct 21

Survivors of childhood brain cancer are more likely to be held back in school

Survivors were also 21 times more likely to receive accommodations at school, such as help taking tests, in addition to their worse test...

Oct 15

Gene therapy for fatal child brain disease may cause blood cancers

A gene therapy that halts a childhood-onset fatal brain disease has been associated with an increased risk of developing blood cancer....

Oct 15

Children with aggressive blood cancer offered treatment cure hope

Youngsters with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) will be offered CAR T-cell therapy targeted at a specific protein, which has...

Oct 15

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...

Oct 15

More Than Physical: The Impacts of Childhood Cancers on Mental Health

Below, you'll ﬁnd information on just how common mental health conditions are among childhood cancer patients, why childhood cancer...

Oct 8

New study finds kinder, more targeted approach to treating aggressive childhood brain cancer

The discovery of an aggressive genetic group will lead to better patient management of this form of tumour, which urgently requires new...

Oct 7

Fear of Recurrence Is Common Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Adults who survived childhood cancer experience elevated fear that their primary cancer will recur or that a subsequent malignant...

Oct 4

As patients develop cancer at younger ages, psycho-oncologists are studying the mental health impact

While increased awareness of the growing rates of cancer in younger populations is important, psychologists say the conversation needs to...

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Innovative surgery preserves limb growth for childhood bone cancer patients

CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows EFS Benefit in Pediatric Leukemia Subset

Global clinical trial shows improved survival rates for common childhood leukemia

More than half of children with cancer die in the hospital

A new CHOP research program is exploring ways to reduce long-term effects of cancer treatment

The ticking ‘epigenetic’ clock measures true biological age

Serum protein panel test can help identify cardiomyopathy risk in childhood cancer survivors

UCalgary researchers help preserve future fertility options for children impacted by cancer

How a Penn State professor developed a cancer-fighting drug for kids

New insights into risk assessment of rare, aggressive tumors in children