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Mar 31, 2022

Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia cases

Now cancer experts at the University of South Australia are striving to change these outcomes as new genetic research shows that up to...

Feb 18, 2022

Research reveals high-risk subtype of relapsed pediatric AML

Scientists have found a previously overlooked mutation in a subtype of pediatric leukemia that has implications for identifying...

May 6, 2021

Study finds potential therapeutic target for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy...

Apr 15, 2021

Scientists identify potential drug candidates for deadly pediatric leukemia

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two existing drug candidates--JAK inhibitors and...

Jun 23, 2020

Targeting stem cells: The path to curing poor-prognosis leukaemia

Researchers at Children's Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood...

Apr 30, 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...

Oct 10, 2018

Breast cancer drug could be used to treat life-threatening leukaemia, Newcastle experts find

Experts at Newcastle University have identified that the drug, palbociclib can work effectively on treating acute myeloid leukaemia. Read...

Dec 20, 2017

Study finds differences between adult and childhood leukemia, calls for developing age-specific canc

A study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with contributions from researchers across North America, has found stark...

Nov 6, 2017

Old drug, new trick: study finds common diabetes drug could help fight leukemia

Researchers have discovered a new potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). They found that boosting fat cells (adipocytes)...

Jul 4, 2017

Toronto study sheds new light on source of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto have assembled the most convincing evidence yet that shows why a tenacious...

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Tracing cancer back to birth uncovers promising biomarkers for prevention, targeted treatment of childhood leukemia

CRISPR Plus Drug Treatment Makes Neuroblastoma Responsive to Immunotherapy

Colorectal cancer cases on the rise in kids

New drug, WNTinib, delays tumor growth and improves survival in mouse models of children's liver cancer

First-of-their-kind findings turn conventional wisdom about diffuse hemispheric glioma on its head

Three Cycles of Chemo Noninferior to Six for Rare Childhood Eye Cancer

‘Alarmingly’ few childhood cancer survivors undergo recommended surveillance for late effects

Survivors of childhood brain cancer are more likely to be held back in school

Gene therapy for fatal child brain disease may cause blood cancers

Children with aggressive blood cancer offered treatment cure hope