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News tagged ‘ChildhoodCancer’ clear

  • Dr. Keith Ligon comments on his study that found an unusual mutation in a type of brain tumor in children. The discovery may help to classify, diagnose and guide the treatment of the disease.

Tags: BasicResearch, ChildhoodCancer, BrainTumors

  • A study by Dr. Leslie Lehmann shows nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants returned to the hospital within six months for treatment due to unexplained fevers, infections and other problems.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, StemCellTransplant

  • A study by Dr. Leslie Lehmann shows nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants returned to the hospital within six months due to infections and unexplained fevers. Dr. Lehmann says this information will assist in counseling families appropriately and devising interventions.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, StemCellTransplant

  • A study by Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo shows when retinoblastomas, or tumors in the retina, are diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children without private health insurance, the disease often takes a more invasive, potentially life-threatening course.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, Disparities, PopulationScience

  • The families of former Dana-Farber patients Charlotte O'Shea and Avalanna Routh started the "Cure AT/RT Now" fund to support research for this rare form of brain cancer.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, BrainTumors

  • Caroline Cronk is five years old and suffers from a rare and inoperable brain tumor known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Dr. Mark Kieran is leading a clinical trial to trace signals driving the tumor and provide targeted treatment. (Full article requires a subscription)

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, BrainTumors

  • The Hope for Calle foundation supports research for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, at Dana-Farber. The clinical trial is led by Dr. Mark Kieran. Dr. Kieran said DIPG is rare and affects about 200 children a year.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, BrainTumors

  • The annual Caring Crowns Pageant raises funds to support families of Dana-Farber patients battling cancer. This year's event will raise funds for the family of a six-year-old Norwell girl battling an inoperable brain tumor.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer

  • Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center has won a five-year, $1.75 million research grant from the pediatric cancer foundation Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. DF/CHCC was chosen as one of three "Centers of Excellence" nationwide.

Tags: ChildhoodCancer, Grants, Honors

  • Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center, including Dr. Amy Billett, were part of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that reports that the scarcity of mechlorethamine has been linked to a higher rate of relapse among children and young adults with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Tags: chemotherapy, ChildhoodCancer, Lymphoma

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