Jun 5, 2018
Childhood cancer: The four survival strategies of tumor cells
Cancer cells in children tend to develop by following four main trajectories - and two of them are linked to relapse of the disease,...
Jun 5, 2018
Childhood cancer survivors more likely to experience sleep problems as adults
Preliminary results from a study of childhood cancer survivors show that they are more likely to experience sleep problems and daytime...
Jun 4, 2018
Extended Chemo Extends Life for Children With Rare Cancer
Children suffering from rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer of the muscle tissue, may have better chances for a cure if they have extended...
May 29, 2018
Anti-inflammatory strategy stops aggressive childhood cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug candidate...
May 28, 2018
Childhood cancer survivors have higher risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy
Girls who survive cancer have a higher risk of developing a deadly heart disease when pregnant later in life, according to a study...
May 22, 2018
Scientists reveal likely cause of childhood leukaemia
A major new analysis reveals for the first time the likely cause of most cases of childhood leukaemia, following more than a century of...
May 22, 2018
How lessons from childhood cancer care could improve adult cancer care
Few life experiences are crueler than childhood cancer, but this blatant unfairness motivates some of the best, kindest and most...
May 18, 2018
This 12-year-old leukemia survivor is fighting for equal access to medicine for all Canadians
In today’s golden age of cancer research, experimental therapies are curing tough-to-treat cancers like never before. But a child’s...
May 16, 2018
Analysis emphasizes need for development of pediatric cancer-specific precision therapies
Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital determined the genomic alterations that lead to cancer among children vary from...
May 14, 2018
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy persists for years in childhood cancer survivors
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy commonly occurred in long-term childhood cancer survivors and persisted for years after...