Aug 22, 2017
New treatment for deadly blood cancers expected to be approved soon
Cancer doctors in St. Louis are ready to use a new therapy using a patient’s own blood to fight their disease. The therapy, called CAR-T,...
Aug 2, 2017
Proton therapy holds promise as best new treatment option for childhood cancers
Proton therapy is a different way to treat childhood cancer. Unlike standard X-ray radiation, proton therapy utilizes sub-atomic...
Jul 13, 2017
US advisory panel endorses 'breakthrough' gene therapy for child cancer
An FDA advisory panel has unanimously approved a leukemia treatment that could become the first gene therapy approved in the US. The...
May 24, 2017
Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve childhood cancer treatment?
Nanomedicine has great potential to safely treat children’s cancer. However, it is currently stymied by too little research. About...
Oct 6, 2016
This 8-year-old is free of cancer — for now — after a ‘breakthrough’ treatment
8-year-old Ava Christiansen has been battling cancer for half her life. Now a new specialized cancer treatment may be able to keep her in...
Sep 9, 2016
Strides Made in Treating Childhood Cancer: Report
Significant progress has been made in treating childhood cancers, but more needs to be done to fight tougher cancers and protect the...
Aug 2, 2016
Checkpoint inhibitor therapy more economical, safe than CAR T cells in pediatric leukemia
Novel advances in the use of checkpoint inhibitors – such as an anti-PD1 or anti-PDL1 – to treat pediatric leukemia may result in the...
Jul 27, 2016
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital describe new type of cancer therapy
A study conducted at Nationwide Children's Hospital has found that a new chemotherapy is effective against both pediatric and adult...
Jun 29, 2016
Childhood Leukemia Was Practically Untreatable Until Dr. Don Pinkel and St. Jude Hospital Found a Cu
A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment Read more:...
Apr 21, 2016
Precision medicine: is it becoming a reality for childhood cancer?
"What treatment options are there?" This is one of the first questions to enter the minds of parents whose child receives a cancer...