Paediatric brain tumours remain the most common cause of death from childhood cancer. Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) in particular are a mostly fatal disease group with a median survival time of less than 18 months after diagnosis and limited treatment options. A research team from MedUni Vienna/University Hospital Vienna, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the […]
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New treatment hope for childhood cancers – University of Queensland research using “natural killer” cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years. Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes, a Principal Research Fellow from UQ’s Frazer Institute led a team to develop new therapeutic strategies for hard-to-treat paediatric sarcomas that […]
Most children and adolescents with cancer have mild COVID-19 disease and make a full recovery, a new study has found. But paediatric cancer patients with underlying health conditions, severe infections and low white blood cell counts were significantly more likely to have severe disease. The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), Peter MacCallum Cancer […]
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Almost half of childhood cancer patients suffer mental health problems due to harsh treatments. Latest research from Children with Cancer UK reveals the widespread impact on mental health that childhood cancer treatments can have. Almost half (45%) of families say that their child’s mental health has been impacted by their cancer treatment in the short-term, […]
Scientists discover way to stop spread of devastating childhood cancer: Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives. Current treatment is gruelling, with outdated chemotherapy cocktails and limb amputation. But despite all of […]
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