Study Finds Healthier Hearts in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - JACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SERVICES - March 1, 2022 "Lipshultz says the research validates that...
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UF Researchers Develop Genetic Score to Improve Pediatric Cancer Treatments
ALACHUA COUNTY TODAY - January 14, 2022 "Cytarabine must be activated to effectively kill leukemia cells, but the amount of activation...
Two antibodies synergize in triple whammy to pediatric cancers, study finds
STANFORD MEDICINE - January 13, 2022 Robbie Majzner, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and senior study author: “Anti-GD2 alone did...
Children with chronic health conditions, and those with special education needs, should receive more
KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE PRESS RELEASE - January 4, 2022 "Online learning poses additional challenges to children with chronic medical...
FDA approves Immix Biopharma Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for cancer treatment
BIO-PHARMA REPORTER - January 4, 2022 Biopharmaceutical company ImmixBio has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designation from...
Body Composition May Be a Better Predictor of Chemotoxicities in Children With Lymphoma or a Type of
CURE - December 29, 2021 “If we can establish that repeatedly low muscle mass or density or increased adiposity truly impacts a select...
Financial Hardship in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology: The Need for Multidimensional and Multile
Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 22, 2021 "AYAs with cancer may have not only inadequate insurance coverage, but also limited...
Can testicular tissue restore childhood cancer survivors’ fertility?
Freethink - November 7, 2021 "In 1994, researchers showed that transplanting SSCs from a fertile mouse into an infertile one gave it the...
FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to 177Lu-Omburtamab-DTPA for Medulloblastoma
OncLive - October 8, 2021 "The FDA has granted a rare pediatric disease designation (RPDD) to lutetium-177(177Lu)-omburtamab-DTPA for use...
Early intervention key to mitigate neurocognitive effects of pediatric cancer treatment
HemOnc Today - September 21, 2021 "Estimates have shown that approximately one-third of all cancer survivors and approximately 40% or...
Impact of Sleep Disorders and Fatigue in Children with Cancer
Cancer Nursing - August 27, 2021 "Interventions to increase QoL [Quality of Life] should target children who are younger, male, and have...
Cisplatin-induced hearing loss common among very young children early in treatment
HemOnc Today - September 7, 2021 "Young children with cancer who received cisplatin chemotherapy had a higher incidence of...
FDA Approval of Rylaze Will Address Drug Shortage for Childhood ALL
NIH - National Cancer Institute - July 29, 2021 On June 30, FDA approved a new form of asparaginase, erwinia chrysanthemi...
Nerve tumor in children: better tolerable chemotherapy without loss of efficacy
ST. ANNA CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE - June 21, 2021 "The European Neuroblastoma Study Group of the International Society of...
Study reveals racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancers by single year of age
CANCER - June 21, 2021 "New research uncovers substantial differences in rates of childhood cancers when considering single year of age...
Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing secondary leukaemia
Journal Blood - May 30, 2021 " 'We have been able to unravel the root of secondary leukaemia in these children which seems to lie in the...
Advanced Care Planning for Families of Adolescents with Cancer
American Academy of Pediatrics - May 10, 2021 "This is a paper that everyone should read...Dr. Khaliah Johnson at Emory University notes...
Lower income children with blood cancers are less likely to survive after blood and marrow transplan
Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research - May 2021 "Researchers found that children with cancer were less likely to...
Pediatric Cancer Survivors at Risk for Opioid Misuse
Medscape Medical News - May 6, 2021 "Survivors of childhood cancers are at increased risk for prescription opioid misuse compared with...
Diabetes drug could provide protection to children undergoing radiation for brain tumors
University of Toronto - April 8, 2021 "For children with brain tumors who need cranial radiation, to be able to do something that would...
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