Israel’s only cancer hospital opens Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Clinic

RWE study pinpoints gaps in mental health care utilization among parents of children with cancer

Unquestionably, a child’s cancer diagnosis weighs heavily on the parents’ minds. But now, an analysis of nearly 30,000 U.S. families has quantified how often parents of children with cancer use mental health services.

May 17, 2024

Vol.50 No.20

By McKenzie Prillaman

In Brief

Baylor, Texas Children’s awarded $7.6M to study disparities for Latino survivors of childhood cancer

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center were awarded more than $7.6 million over four years from NCI to comprehensively study late effects of childhood cancer in a diverse population of childhood cancer survivors, including their medical, neurocognitive, and psychosocial outcomes. In addition, they will evaluate potential educational and sociodemographic barriers to obtaining survivorship care.

August 11, 2023

Vol.49 No.32

In Brief

Jack Martin Fund gives $3.5M to Mt. Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital to establish child and adolescent imaging center

The Jack Martin Fund has built on its partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System to provide care and support to children with cancer through a $3.5 million gift to The Mount Sinai Hospital to establish the Jack Martin Fund Child and Adolescent Imaging Center at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital.

October 07, 2022

Vol.48 No.36

In Brief

ACS, St. Baldrick’s Foundation award $1.2M in research grants for childhood cancer treatments

The American Cancer Society and St. Baldrick’s Foundation recently awarded $1.2 million in a second round of Pilot Accelerator grants requiring researchers to use clinical trials to accelerate treatment options for childhood cancer.

April 29, 2022

Vol.48 No.17

Obituary

Donald Pinkel, St. Jude founding medical director who brought the word “cure” to cancer, dies at 95

Most of these medical pioneers, nicknamed the “Cancer Cowboys” are gone now. Their ranks once included James Holland, Tom Frei and Emil “Jay” Freireich. Arguably, the best known of this group, Donald Pinkel, died March 9 at his home in San Luis Obispo, CA, at the age of 95.

March 18, 2022

Vol.48 No.11

By Tim Wendel

Obituary

Reflecting on Donald Pinkel’s legacy as a physician, scientist, and humanitarian

Dr. Donald Pinkel, my father, was a pioneering pediatric oncologist who developed the first curative drug treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. This work has led to a vastly improved survival rate for ALL patients throughout the world.

March 18, 2022

Vol.48 No.11

By Mary Pinkel

Israel’s only cancer hospital opens Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Clinic

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