The U.S. Senate didn’t take up the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act after two Senate members—Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)— voted “Nay,” blocking it.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act, a bill to accelerate pediatric cancer treatments and expand access to life-saving therapies for children battling rare diseases.
Pediatric cancer patients are living longer than ever before, according to the AACR Inaugural Pediatric Cancer Progress Report, published on Dec. 4. The five-year survival rate for all pediatric cancers has increased from 63% in the mid-1970s to 87% in 2015-2021.
Clinician-scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and collaborators have conducted the largest study of infant-type hemispheric glioma ever reported, uncovering key factors that could be used to guide treatment strategies for this rare pediatric brain tumor.
A collaborative research team, led by scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, has identified a targeted drug that could effectively treat an aggressive soft tissue cancer that occurs most often in pediatric and young adult patients.
President Trump has signed an executive order to use artificial intelligence to accelerate research in pediatric cancers.
Appearing on the Cancer History Project Podcast, Michael P. Link, the Lydia J. Lee Professor in Pediatric Oncology at Stanford University, discussed his career in pediatric oncology, his 2011-2012 ASCO presidential term, and voiced concerns about what he’s seeing in oncology today.
The windows down the hall from the operating room scrub sinks at MD Anderson Cancer Center look out at the tower of Texas Children’s Hospital.
Thyme Care expanded its survivorship program and comprehensive cancer care services with the appointment of two experienced medical directors: Asma Dilawari as medical director of oncology care, who will lead the company’s survivorship program expansion, and Nelia Jain as medical director of palliative care, who will scale Thyme Care’s virtual palliative care offering, called Enhanced Supportive Care.
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.
