As radiation therapy declined so did second cancers in childhood cancer...
Childhood cancer survivors are living longer. Now research shows they are also less likely to develop second cancers while still young. The decline followed a sharp drop in the use of radiation therapy...
View ArticleScientists unveil a giant leap for anti-aging
UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars.
View ArticleStudy finds more childhood cancer survivors would likely benefit from genetic...
Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations that put them or their children at increased risk of developing cancer, according to a landmark study presented today at the annual...
View ArticleIncreased cancer risk for childhood kidney recipients
(HealthDay)—Childhood kidney recipients have increased cancer risk, according to a study published online March 29 in the American Journal of Transplantation.
View ArticleBetter detection may explain higher child cancer numbers: UN
Global childhood cancer rates jumped 13 percent in the decade to 2010 compared to the 1980s, according to a UN-backed study released Wednesday that says the increase may be due in part to improved...
View ArticleGlobal inequalities in survival for childhood leukaemia persist, highlighting...
Although global inequalities in survival from childhood leukaemia have narrowed, they still persist with five-year survival in some countries nearly twice as high as in others for children diagnosed...
View ArticleNext seven great achievements in pediatric research predicted
(HealthDay)—The next seven great achievements in pediatric research are presented in an article published online April 21 in Pediatrics.
View ArticleStudy reveals link between chronic childhood illness and later life mental...
A new study into the effects of chronic physical illness in children on their life-long mental health has found that such experiences appear to increase the chances of them having depression and...
View ArticleA new molecular target to improve neuroblastoma treatment
The annual mortality rate in childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, or neuroblastoma, is 10 per million between the ages of zero and four. A collaborative work between Basque and Valencian...
View ArticleChronic health conditions among childhood cancer survivors decrease
Changes in treatment of pediatric cancer over recent decades have translated to a reduced risk of serious long-term late health effects of cancer therapy, according to the latest analysis from the...
View ArticleSteady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
Treatments for childhood cancer are often intense and carry the risk of lifelong health problems for survivors. An analysis of 23,600 childhood cancer survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study...
View ArticleImmune profiling leads to implications for immunotherapy for NF1-associated...
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)—an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people—results in dysfunctional neurofibromin, a protein expressed throughout the body and...
View ArticleCHLA launches OncoKids - a comprehensive DNA and RNA pediatric cancer panel
Today, a team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles launched OncoKidsSM, a next-generation sequencing-based panel specifically designed for pediatric cancers. OncoKids is intended to...
View ArticleFirst large-scale genomic analysis of key acute leukemia will likely yield...
A consortium including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's Oncology Group has performed an unprecedented genomic sequencing analysis of hundreds of patients with T-lineage acute...
View ArticleImproved risk recognition expected to enhance fertility preservation for...
About 11 percent of females who survive childhood cancer have an ovarian condition that leaves them at risk for infertility, weaker bones and frail health as young adults, according to research from...
View ArticleCancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa
Collated Childhood cancer statistics in sub Saharan Africa have been published for the first time as a monograph in the peer reviewed journal ecancermedicalscience, allowing researchers and...
View ArticleBrain tumor scientists map mutation that drives tumors in childhood cancer...
Neuroscientists have uncovered the genetic basis for why many long-term survivors of childhood cancer develop meningiomas, the most common adult brain tumour, decades after their treatment with cranial...
View ArticleOut-of-pocket health costs can cause financial problems for survivors of...
Adult survivors of childhood cancer face an increased likelihood of financial difficulties related to out-of-pocket costs for their health care, compared with adults not affected by childhood cancer....
View ArticleHPV vaccination rates lag for vulnerable population of childhood cancer...
Despite being at an increased risk for cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, the first comprehensive national survey found that HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors lag well...
View ArticleUS clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy...
View ArticleComprehensive study of chronic disease reveals vulnerability of childhood...
The most complete assessment yet of chronic disease in adult survivors of childhood cancer found they have a nearly two-fold greater cumulative burden of chronic health problems than the general...
View ArticleInflammatory bowel disease in childhood associated with increased risk of cancer
Children who develop inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) run a higher risk of cancer, both in childhood and later in life, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in...
View ArticleGenomic screening helps doctors target girl's cancer
Victoria Thompson, clutching a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips while she watches the TV show "Paw Patrol," is a pint-sized pioneer. She doesn't know it, but this two-year-old girl is part of a...
View ArticleNew study finds childhood cancer survivors commonly stay at jobs to keep...
The results of a national cancer survey find a significant number of childhood cancer survivors are worried about keeping their health insurance, to the point of letting it affect their career...
View ArticleBrain tumour's 'addiction' to common amino acid could be its weakness
Starving a childhood brain tumour of the amino acid glutamine could improve the effect of chemotherapy, according to an early study led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and funded by Children...
View ArticleSurvivors of childhood leukemia with Down syndrome have unique health risks,...
Doctors have long recognized that children with Down syndrome are significantly more susceptible to leukemia, and have believed that they also were at higher risk of treatment-related chronic...
View ArticleWe made great strides with childhood leukaemia – we can do the same for brain...
Brain cancers are the leading disease-related cause of death in Australian children. And survival rates have changed little in decades. As a paediatric oncologist, the worst conversation I can have...
View ArticleAdult survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to develop high blood...
People who survived childhood cancer were more than twice as likely as the general population to have high blood pressure (hypertension) as adults.
View ArticleWhy do children get cancer?
Let's start with the good news. Childhood cancer is rare, and success rates for recovery are high. According to the American Cancer Society, childhood cancers make up less than 1 percent of all cancers...
View ArticleHelping children thrive after cancer
As if it wasn't hard enough to fight cancer as a kid, childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete.
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