Jan 31
New Research Explains Why Immunotherapy Is Less Effective in Children With Cancer
"Children’s immune systems respond to cancer immunotherapy differently from adults, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet. The...
Jan 21
New study paves way for immunotherapies tailored for childhood cancers
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems...
Jan 10
Cutting-edge immunotherapy offers hope for relapsed brain tumors
Indoximod works to reverse the mechanisms that cancer tumors use to hide from the immune system . The chemotherapy damages the tumor,...
Oct 29, 2024
CRISPR Plus Drug Treatment Makes Neuroblastoma Responsive to Immunotherapy
Researchers in Italy and Australia report a triple combination strategy involving CRISPR that boosts the response of neuroblastoma to...
Sep 6, 2024
Immunotherapy for children with primary liver carcinomas: Research offers new hope
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and fibrolamellar carcinoma are rare, aggressive forms of liver cancer that typically affect...
Mar 26, 2024
Study identifies patients who benefit most from dinutuximab-based immunotherapy
Using data from a randomized phase III clinical trial of neuroblastoma patients (treated with or without immunotherapy) performed by the...
Aug 15, 2023
'New' immune system responds better to therapy
Scientists at St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen have shown that immunotherapy ...
Jul 4, 2018
Viral Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors in Children Shows Promise
A viral immunotherapy using a herpes virus to treat brain tumors has been shown to be safe and well-tolerated in a pediatric study from...
Jun 25, 2018
Seattle Children's launches first trial to cure brain cancer with child's immune system
Doctors at Seattle Children's Hospital are the first to use immunotherapy to fight brain cancer. It is the most common and deadliest form...