Alanna Joyce Church receives $75K grant from AACR and St. Baldrick’s Foundation to research pediatric cancer

From clinician scientist to nonprofit CEO

I was a practicing pediatric hematologist oncologist and researcher for 21 years. As a doctor, it was a tremendous privilege to be invited into the lives of patients and families dealing with blood cancers and be entrusted with their care. As a researcher, it was incredibly rewarding to help bring more effective blood cancer therapies to kids.

January 24, 2025

Vol.51 No.03

By E. Anders Kolb

ACS report: Cancer mortality continues to drop despite rising incidence in women

Despite steady progress in reducing overall cancer mortality rates, cancer incidence in women is rising, according to the American Cancer Society’s “Cancer Statistics, 2025” report. Incidence rates in women 50-64 years of age have surpassed those in men, and rates in women under 50 are now 82% higher than their male counterparts, up from 51% higher in 2002. In 2021, for the first time, lung cancer incidence was higher in women under 65 than in men.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

By Yiqing Wang

In Brief

John Prensner awarded $250,000 grant to fight childhood brain tumors

CureSearch for Children’s Cancer awarded a $225,000 research grant to John Prensner, a physician-scientist at the University of Michigan, to advance research on atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. One of the most aggressive and fatal brain cancers affecting infants and toddlers, ATRT has limited treatment options and devastating outcomes, with more than half of cases proving fatal.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Clinical Roundup

Immunotherapy for pediatric osteosarcoma with lung metastases after resection shows positive data

OS Therapies Inc. announced positive data from a phase IIb clinical trial (NCT04974008) of OST-HER2 (OST31-164)—the company’s HER2-targeted immunotherapy candidate in the rare pediatric-designated indication of prevention of recurrent, fully resected, lung metastatic osteosarcoma.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Clinical Roundup

Obesity affects children’s likelihood of survival after cancer diagnosis, study finds

A recent population-based study indicates that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Drugs & Targets

FDA grants Rare Pediatric Disease designation for THIO in pediatric high-grade gliomas

FDA granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation for THIO in pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Alanna Joyce Church receives $75K grant from AACR and St. Baldrick’s Foundation to research pediatric cancer

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ACS report: Cancer mortality continues to drop despite rising incidence in women

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