CRUK, University of Manchester, Roche trial opens for people with rare and pediatric cancers

UF Health Proton Therapy Institute adds interactive video wall for pediatric patients

The UF Health Proton Therapy Institute enhanced its playroom, a respite for its pediatric patients, significantly with innovative technology that promotes therapeutic engagement, with an 86” interactive gaming wall that features educational and sensory software.

March 29, 2024

Vol.50 No.13

Clinical Roundup

USC researchers find genetic variant contributing to disparities in childhood leukemia risk

Researchers from the University of Southern California found a genetic variant contributing to disparities in childhood leukemia risk. The variant, located on the IKZF1 gene, helps explain why Hispanic/Latino children face a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and offers insights about what causes the disease.

March 29, 2024

Vol.50 No.13

NCI, CRUK award $125M in Cancer Grand Challenge grants

NCI and Cancer Research UK awarded $125 million in total funding through the Cancer Grand Challenges program, supporting research on cancer inequities, early-onset cancers, solid tumors in children, and T-cell receptors. The $125 million investment marks the Cancer Grand Challenges program’s largest funding round to date.

Fox Chase’s Joshua Cohn named consultant to Shriners Children’s Philadelphia

Joshua Cohn, associate professor in the Department of Urology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and a member of the Fox Chase – Temple Urologic Institute, was named a consultant at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia.

February 16, 2024

Vol.50 No.07

Clinical Roundup

City of Hope Children’s Cancer Center, Children’s Oncology Group conduct clinical trial seeking to prevent heart failure among pediatric cancer survivors

The largest clinical trial to date seeking to reduce the risk of people who have survived childhood cancer from developing heart failure found that carvedilol, a blood vessel relaxing medication, is safe for childhood cancer survivors and may improve important markers of heart injury sustained as a result of chemotherapy exposure.

January 12, 2024

Vol.50 No.02

In Brief

CRUK publishes manifesto to avoid 20,000 cancer deaths a year by 2040

Cancer Research UK set out how the next U.K. Government could reduce cancer mortality rates by preventing thousands of future cancers as well as dramatically improving cancer survival.

December 01, 2023

Vol.49 No.44

CRUK, University of Manchester, Roche trial opens for people with rare and pediatric cancers

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