 | Neuroblastoma: UK clinical trial offers new hope for sufferers of childhood cancer neuroblastoma
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| | During the trial, the new radiotherapy treatment will be offered to all UK patients who meet the eligibility criteria - primarily patients who have relapsed neuroblastoma.... [more]
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| Relapsed Neuroblastoma: UK starting a phase II clinical trail with new radiotherapy treatment
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| | 7 November 2011: A clinical trial is due to start in the UK next year that will offer hope to children who suffer from relapsed neuroblastoma. The UK is the first country to trial the new molecular ra... [more]
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| Scientists devise targeted therapy strategy for rare childhood cancer
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| | BOSTON--By "distracting" cancer proteins from their usual activity, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have caused cells in a rare, lethal form of cancer to ... [more]
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| Childhood cancer survivors have increasaed risk of developing post -traumatic stress disorder
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| | Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found.
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| Studies find few risks to newborn offspring of parents who are childhood cancer survivors
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| | SEATTLE — Oct 5, 2009 - Whether they can have children is one of the major concerns for adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer because fertility can be compromised by cancer treatment. For... [more]
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| St. Jude researchers identify new chromosomal abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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| | Researchers identified a new chromosomal abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that appears to work in concert with another mutation to give rise to cancer. This latest anomaly is particul... [more]
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| Gene Mutation Linked to Type of Childhood Cancer
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| | Researchers have identified a gene that may play a role in the growth and spread of a childhood cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, which develops in the body's soft tissues. The finding has revealed a po... [more]
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| Childhood Cancer: Adult survivors of childhood cancer face health issues
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| | Almost three-fourths of adult survivors of pediatric cancer patients diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s have—or will develop—chronic health problems related to their cancer or its treatment, according t... [more]
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| Childhood Cancer Update: Anemic children with cancer benefit from Erythropoietin
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| | Children with cancer who develop anemia during chemotherapy can benefit from a weekly dose of erythropoietin (EPO), according to researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The drug reduces ... [more]
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| Neuroblastoma Treatment Update
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| | A new strategy that turns small populations of immune system cells into armies that track down and kill neuroblastoma throughout the body could save the lives of many children each year, according to ... [more]
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