Jun 8, 2020
A new immunotherapeutic agent for children and adolescents with advanced lymphoma
It establishes a new standard treatment with an improved cure rate for children with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma, mainly Burkitt...
Jun 3, 2020
Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road
New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/...
Jun 3, 2020
Children with Down syndrome, ALL at higher risk for poor outcomes
Children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia continue to experience poorer outcomes than children with ALL who do not...
Jun 3, 2020
Childhood Cancer Survivors See Uptick in Colorectal Polyps
Childhood cancer survivors are developing colorectal polyps unrelated to a familial syndrome, the usual association, according to new...
Jun 1, 2020
Study Opens Up Possibility for Use of Precision Medicine in Pediatric Cancer
Matching children diagnosed with advanced cancers to targeted anti-cancer agents appears to show some potential for improving...
Jun 1, 2020
Assessing cancer diagnosis in children with birth defects
Scientific studies suggest that children with birth defects are at increased risk of cancer. However, it has not been assessed whether...
May 29, 2020
Does a Childhood Cancer Diagnosis Negatively Affect Marriage? Study Indicates the Answer is No
The diagnosis of cancer in a child can be devastating to parents and other loved ones, but in a recent study from Denmark, a childhood...
May 29, 2020
Some childhood cancer survivors at higher risk for pain as adults
Certain long-term childhood cancer survivors appeared more likely than their siblings who never had cancer to experience pain as adults,...
May 29, 2020
Financial Burden of Childhood Cancer Treatment on Parents
In addition to the emotional burden of childhood cancer, affected families often face significant financial difficulty due to a range of...
May 14, 2020
Children with cancer are not at a higher risk for COVID-19 infection or morbidity, study finds
Researchers from MSK Kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) found that children with cancer are not at a higher risk of...