Pediatric oncology programs lack sufficient psychosocial resources, Nemours Children’s Health study finds

Banished from the institute he founded, separated from his lab materials, Tom Curran sues Children’s Mercy
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges wrongful firing

Nov. 6, 2023, was a bad day for Tom Curran, a charming scientist with a lilting Scottish brogue and the lifelong dream of curing childhood cancers.

April 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.14

By Claire Marie Porter

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves cabozantinib for patients 12 and up with pNET and epNET

FDA approved cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and well-differentiated extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

In Brief

Nemours opens Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders

Nemours Children’s Health opened the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders, on March 19. The institute is a state-of-the-art facility for pediatric patients in the Delaware Valley and beyond.

March 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.11

Clinical Roundup

Classifying childhood brain cancers by immune response may improve diagnostics and treatments

Researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh developed a new way to profile brain cancers in children.

March 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.11

Regulatory News

Backlog of work grows at NIH as staff members are being hounded to quit

Government work isn’t what it used to be.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

By Paul Goldberg, Jacquelyn Cobb and Claire Marie Porter

Regulatory News

Trump et al. focus on NIH, cancer—and how peer review is done

In a speech before a joint session of Congress, President Trump briefly addressed pediatric cancer, pointing to a 13-year old brain tumor survivor, Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, who was watching from the gallery, making his dream come true by naming him a Secret Service agent.

March 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.09

By Jacquelyn Cobb, Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

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Banished from the institute he founded, separated from his lab materials, Tom Curran sues Children’s Mercy
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges wrongful firing