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NHS offers new drug to stop children and teens losing hearing after chemotherapy
Our SIOPEL-6 study showed that sodium thiosulfate (Pedmarqsi) almost halves the percentage of children and teenagers who lose hearing as...
Sep 13, 2023
Breakthrough as new drug promises to shield child cancer patients from hearing loss
A new study, which is to be presented to the RNID Hearing Therapeutics Summit, found that a drug called Pedmark, also known as ...
Sep 9, 2021
Cisplatin-induced hearing loss common among very young children early in treatment
Young children with cancer who received cisplatin chemotherapy had a higher incidence of cisplatin-induced hearing loss than older...
May 14, 2021
Researchers pinpoint possible way to prevent permanent hearing loss caused by common childhood cance
University of Alberta scientists have identified a receptor in cells that could be key to preventing permanent hearing loss in childhood...
Feb 17, 2021
Risk of Hearing Loss After Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancers
New findings from researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles evaluated factors associated with the development of hearing loss after...
Aug 24, 2020
Immune receptor thought to be linked to hearing loss in child cancer survivors confirmed in new stud
Permanent hearing loss triggered by a common chemotherapy drug in half of children being treated for cancer may occur through a...
Jul 30, 2020
Hearing loss linked to neurocognitive deficits in childhood cancer survivors
Research shows that severe hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of type of...
Jan 10, 2020
Addressing the Psychosocial Aspect of Hearing Loss in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
"Adult survivors of pediatric cancer must advocate for themselves as hearing loss is a prevalent effect that has delayed them to seek...
Jun 25, 2018
New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment
Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver cancer, according to findings...
Jan 2, 2018
Chemo-induced Hearing Loss: Help Patients Cope with the Aural Effects of Cancer Treatment
For many patients with cancer, platinum-based chemotherapy agents like cisplatin and the less-common carboplatin can be literal...