Local cutting-edge childhood cancer research could extend millions of young lives
Cutting-edge childhood cancer research could extend millions of young lives in the near future. Read more here:...
Oct 25, 2016
Study finds link between childhood cancer and poor dietary quality in adulthood
Survivors of childhood cancer have poor adherence to federal dietary guidelines in adulthood, a new study finds. Diets lacking essential...
Oct 19, 2016
Oncoproteins interact to promote cancer cell growth in retinoblastoma
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have identified an unsuspected and critical role of the...
Oct 19, 2016
Doctors draw correlation between vitamin D deficiency and childhood cancer survivors
With gray skies all winter long, vitamin D deficiency becomes a problem in the cold months. While doctors often draw a correlation...
Oct 19, 2016
Changes coming to CCS transportation program
OPACC has learned that there will be changes to the Canadian Cancer Society's transportation program effective November 1, 2016: The CCS...
Oct 13, 2016
Cancer in Retreat on One Front: Fewer Children Are Dying
Children are dying less often from cancer, with substantial declines in all races and age groups, according to a new report from the...
Oct 13, 2016
Improving treatments for childhood nerve cancer means understanding its complexity
Once diagnosed, a child’s prospects of a successful recovery can vary considerably. The disease develops as low, intermediate or high...
Oct 13, 2016
Combination therapy shows promise in fighting neuroblastoma
A study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles sheds further...
Oct 13, 2016
This 8-year-old is free of cancer — for now — after a ‘breakthrough’ treatment
8-year-old Ava Christiansen has been battling cancer for half her life. Now a new specialized cancer treatment may be able to keep her in...
Oct 6, 2016
Wellbeing After Cancer course
Free online "Wellbeing After Cancer" course & research study offered by the University of Regina is designed to help men and women (ages...
Oct 4, 2016