Mortality risk after breast cancer greater among those who survived childhood cancers
Female childhood cancer survivors who developed breast cancer later in life appeared more than twice as likely to die of any cause than...
Sep 25, 2018
Adult survivors of childhood brain tumors may struggle to live independently
Adults who had brain cancer as children may have a harder time living independently and having rich professional and personal lives than...
Sep 25, 2018
Novartis receives Health Canada approval of its CAR-T cell therapy, Kymriah™
Novartis is pleased to announce that following a Priority Review, Health Canada has approved Kymriah™ (tisagenlecleucel/ CTL019) the...
Sep 6, 2018
Integrated analysis finds vulnerabilities to target in a high-risk pediatric tumor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of a common pediatric solid tumor,...
Aug 27, 2018
Promising drug trial for rare cancer in young children comes to Montreal
An Ontario family whose son has a rare childhood cancer will be travelling to Montreal, joining a handful of Canadian patients who are...
Aug 23, 2018
Intensified therapy improves outcomes for childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia subgroup
Intensifying therapy significantly improved OS and reduced the risk for relapse among children with childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic...
Aug 20, 2018
Childhood cancer now, mental health problems later?
Children with neuroblastoma, a paediatric cancer of nerve cells, are vulnerable to mental health and behavioural problems, a new study...
Aug 15, 2018
Researchers uncover a major new vulnerability of childhood leukemia
A team of researchers [...] has recently uncovered a major new vulnerability of mixed lineage leukemia. Read more:...
Aug 14, 2018
Kidney cancer's developmental source revealed
In the first experiment of its kind, scientists have revealed the precise identity of cancer cells of the most common childhood and adult...
Aug 13, 2018
Duke researchers discover how leukemia spreads to the brain
Patients combat leukemia, the most common childhood cancer,with chemotherapy — injections of anti-cancer drugs into the bloodstream. Read...
Aug 9, 2018