News tagged ‘ChildhoodCancer’ clear
- With support from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General
Hospital, and Dana-Farber, the New England Patriots Charitable
Foundation launches an initiative to increase cancer awareness.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, JimmyFund, NewEnglandPatriots
- Compared to adult patients, parents felt they had little time to
understand the clinical trials process in the midst of coming to terms
with their child's cancer diagnosis.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, PatientEducation
A type of low-grade but sometimes lethal brain tumor in children has been found to contain an unusual mutation that may help to classify, diagnose and guide the treatment of the tumors.
Tags: BasicResearch, ChildhoodCancer, BrainTumors
- Researchers say the findings underscore the importance of managing patients' pain, and of communicating with parents about the tools available for easing progressive pain.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, EndOfLife
- Expanded use of palliative care services is associated with
enhanced communications between families and caregivers, improved
symptoms management, and better quality of life for children dying from
cancer, according to study by researchers at Dana-Farber and Children's
Hospital Boston.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, EndOfLife
Survey results reveal differences in providing effective treatment of
children with cancer in resource-rich and resource-limited settings.
Raising the survival rate of children with sarcoma in low-income
countries will require steps to diagnose the disease sooner, train
cancer pathologists, expand radiation
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, Sarcoma, Disparities
U.S. News & World Report ranks Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as the top pediatric cancer hospital in its 2011-12 Best Children's Hospitals guide.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer
- People from across the United States and all over the world showed their
support for the fight against cancer by giving to the 6th Annual
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon and raising more than $3.74 million
for cancer research and care for adults and children at Boston's
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Tags: BostonRedSox, ChildhoodCancer, JimmyFund
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