Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer
Immune cells, known as Natural Killer T cells, could be redirected to help fight the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, according to...
Nov 7, 2013
Childhood cancer survivors at risk
Women who received chest radiation to treat a childhood cancer ought to have an annual mammogram, because they are at increased risk of...
Nov 7, 2013
Two-pronged drug attack could treat childhood cancer
A combination of two potential anti-cancer drugs could help block the growth of a particular childhood cancer, according to a study from...
Nov 7, 2013
Tackle School Challenges Head-On for Kids with Cancer
It makes sense that children and teens undergoing pediatric cancer treatment miss some school. There are days when they don't have the...
Nov 1, 2013
Hypertension increased cardiac event risk among childhood cancer survivors
The presence of CV risk factors, especially hypertension, increased risk for major cardiac events in adult survivors of childhood cancer,...
Nov 1, 2013
Childhood Cancer Survival and Feelings of Loss
The most horrifying words any parent could hear at a doctor’s appointment are, “The tests came back, and your child has cancer.” With...
Oct 29, 2013
Childhood Cancer Research at Risk of Losing Key Talent, According to New Survey by Northwestern Mutu
Researchers' promising projects, passion to find cures met with harsh reality of lack of funds Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/p...
Oct 28, 2013
Inherited gene variation tied to high-risk pediatric leukemia and greater risk of relapse
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has linked an inherited gene variation to a nearly four-fold increased...
Oct 28, 2013
Virus might kill tumor cells in kids
Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital hope that a new treatment for childhood cancer lies within a common virus. Read more here:...
Oct 28, 2013
IVF babies 'are a third more likely to develop childhood cancer'
Children born as a result of IVF are a third more likely to get cancer, a major study found. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health...
Oct 7, 2013