Aug 13, 2012
Existing drugs offer new treatment options for high-risk childhood leukemia subtype
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Scientists have identified new genetic alterations underlying a high-risk subtype...
Aug 8, 2012
EI benefits extended to families of seriously ill children
The federal government intends to follow through with its promise to create a new employment insurance benefit for parents who need to...
Jul 30, 2012
Study is recruiting families with a history of familial pediatric leukemia or lymphoma
We are conducting a study at Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center...
Jul 26, 2012
Traffic-Related Toxins Linked to Childhood Kidney Cancer
Prenatal exposure to traffic-related toxins may increase the risk for Wilms tumor, the most common form of childhood kidney cancer, the...
Jul 23, 2012
Unwinding the helix: using genetics to treat childhood cancer
Pediatric leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. There are about 3,000 new cases in the United States every year, typically...
Jul 19, 2012
Access To Clinical Trials Drives Dramatic Increases In Survival From Childhood Cancer
More children are surviving cancer in Britain than ever before according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of...
Jul 17, 2012
2-D Echo Is Inadequate Cardiomyopathy Screen in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography appears to be inadequate for identifying cardiomyopathy in adults who survive childhood...
Jul 17, 2012
Big progress in treating side effects of adults who had cancer as children
As childhood cancer treatments have become more successful, more and more patients are surviving to adulthood. In fact, the National...
Jul 12, 2012
Scientists develop new strategy to overcome drug-resistant childhood cancer
A new drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma – one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer – by boosting the...
Jul 9, 2012
Pharmaceutical firms to get incentives for child cancer drugs
When all else failed, the promise of corporate profits for pediatric cancer drugs did what cajoling to save children could not....