#childhood cancer

A CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Childhood Cancers?

“SNL” alum and cancer survivor Vanessa Bayer has written a book with lessons for kids—and adults.

Some hospitals offer parents the choice to transport their dying children out of the intensive care unit so that they can die at home.

In a win for abortion opponents, the Trump administration limits funding of research using fetal tissue.

All 12 treated children with NTKR, ROS1 or ALK gene abnormalities showed partial or compete tumor shrinkage.

Phil Catudal credits his early cancer experience with his motivational approach to wellness.

“It is unthinkable that a doctor could tell you that there is nothing that can be done for your child,” says Kathryn R. Taylor, PhD.

The trial is part of an effort by the Children’s Oncology Group and others to evaluate treatment regimens for children with cancer.

Given the long timeline needed for human studies, people today should not expect this technology to be proven and fully approved for years.

Angela J. Waanders, MD, MPH, is tackling pediatric brain cancer.

Clinical trials often exclude key patient populations, including children and people living with HIV or hepatitis B or C.

Experts say the regimen will become the standard of care for people up to age 40 who are newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Barack Obama proposed $1 billion for the Cancer Moonshot; George W. Bush asked for $15 billion to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

This minimally invasive approach may reduce the burden on children with diffuse midline glioma.

After his first bout with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Connor McMahon wanted to give other children hope.

Mutation revelation is a boon in an era of targeted therapies, say oncologists at UCSF, Children’s National Health System.