Recent advances have resulted in highly effective "tissue-agnostic" drugs that treat cancers based on their molecular markers rather than their tissue of origin, but very few of these drugs are approved for use in children. ...
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A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that young people suffering from certain types of cancer, such as bone tumors, are experiencing lengthy times to diagnosis. The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis ...
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More than half of all pediatric cancer deaths worldwide occur in regions of armed conflict, according to a new study led by investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Duke University and other collaborators. ...
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Fourteen minutes ago, the nonprofit advocacy group Children's Cancer Cause posted on the social media app Twitter, now called X, that members were on Capitol Hill asking Congress for funding to fight #childhoodcancer.
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The study, which is published ...
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"I just wish someone had told me this was a possibility." Kara Maxwell distinctly remembers the moment she heard those words eight years ago from the mother of a child with Fanconi anemia (FA). Maxwell met her at a conference ...
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Cancer in children and adolescents is rare. Nevertheless, malignant diseases are still one of the most common causes of death in this age group. Survivors of childhood or adolescent cancer often suffer chronic health problems ...
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A new study has uncovered molecular markers in blood at birth that are linked to later development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common cancer type that affects children.
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a panel that is able to provide a diagnosis for more than 90% of pediatric cancer patients by sequencing 0.15% of the human genome. The panel is a cost-effective ...
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Scientists have discovered a new insight into the genetic pathway of childhood cancer, offering new hope for tailored treatments.
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The Childhood Cancer Research Group' (CCRG) is part of the University Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford, England. The CCRG maintains the National Registry of Childhood Tumours (NRCT), which is said to be the largest childhood cancer registry in the world.
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