Oncology & Cancer
Prozac fights deadly childhood brain cancer
The anti-depressant drug Prozac could be used to tackle one of the deadliest childhood tumours and possibly other types of cancer, scientists said.
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News tagged with neuroblastoma
Oncology & Cancer
Research sheds important light on the metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma can grow and spread in the body very aggressively, making it very difficult to treat. New research has shed important light on the factors at play in the metastasis of neuroblastoma, which could potentially ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Neuroblastoma: Improved treatment prospects in future
Neuroblastoma is a rare form of malignant tumor, primarily affecting children under the age of six. A research team led by molecular pathologist Lukas Kenner from MedUni Vienna's Department of Pathology has now discovered, ...
Dec 3, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A step forward in the struggle against neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer
A group of researchers from the University of Seville and the Seville Biomedicine Institute (Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla—IBiS) has published a study in which they determine that a protein called CD44 makes it possible ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Breakthrough in understanding common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important breakthrough in understanding how the disease progresses.
Nov 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
More children survive neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in recent years, as was shown by a study from the Princess Máxima Center. The improved chance of survival and the increase in the number of patients ...
Nov 18, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer
An Australian-led international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more effective treatments for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, by uncovering a new and as-yet unexploited target in cancer cells ...
Nov 12, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers publish preclinical data on new drug combination to treat neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer outside of the brain in infants and young children and often fails to respond to therapy. Though it can appear in several areas of the body, it commonly develops as a solid tumor most ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify targeted therapy that can help children with deadly nerve cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have identified a targeted therapy for adolescent patients with neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric nerve cancer, who would otherwise have no treatment options, according to a study published in October ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New treatment offers hope for kids with deadly nerve cancer
(HealthDay)—Early treatment with an immune-boosting therapy might improve the outlook of young children with an advanced form of cancer, a new small study suggests.
Oct 10, 2019
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