Consuming Antioxidants Through Dietary Intake Beneficial for Patients with Childhood ALL
In a study of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that the...
May 12, 2020
Mind jumble: Understanding chemo brain
The majority of patients who overcome cancer experience the condition, which is marked by mental fogginess, slowed thinking, memory...
May 6, 2020
New targets for childhood brain tumors identified
A research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the growth of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) brain...
May 4, 2020
Study calls for national vaccination guidelines for pediatric cancer patients following chemotherapy
Pediatric cancer patients should be revaccinated after receiving chemotherapy or face a higher risk of pneumococcal disease and...
May 1, 2020
New advances toward safely targeting immune cells to pediatric brain tumors
Stanford scientists have taken important steps toward figuring out how to use immune therapy for a group of severe pediatric brain tumors...
May 1, 2020
Dexrazoxane Prevents Anthracycline-Related Cardiotoxicity in Childhood AML
New data from researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) suggests use of dexrazoxane could provide some much-needed...
Apr 30, 2020
A promising new treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer
Two pediatric brain cancers that are challenging to treat if they recur, medulloblastoma and ependymoma, are the target of a clinical...
Apr 30, 2020
New database of pediatric COVID-19 patients hopes to protect vulnerable children with cancer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has partnered with the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) to open a new...
Apr 29, 2020
Potential childhood cancer treatment found in willow trees
A potential drug that can kill cancer cells has been discovered in willow trees, sparking hopes of new treatment for childhood cancers....
Apr 16, 2020
Could a CAR-T Version 2.0 Be on the Way?
"A clinical trial will be the only way to truly answer whether this treatment will work in children with resistant disease, but the study...
Apr 1, 2020