Assorted news from the last week: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed graphics that provide a visualization of recommendations about the use of dental amalgam (a mercury-containing dental restorative or filling material) in certain groups of people who may be at greater risk for potential harmful health […]
Assorted news from the last week: In celebration of International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on February 15, the World Health Organization released a suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer among children. The package includes a “how-to” guide for policy-makers, cancer control programme managers and hospital […]
Assorted news from the last week: The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has answered important questions about the genesis of the disease. The researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, discovered that […]
Assorted news from the last week: Jared Isaacman, 37-year-old founder of Shift4 Payments, is chartering a SpaceX trip to orbit and raffling a seat to a random winner to raise money for childhood cancer research. World Health Organization issued new guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children provide […]
Assorted news from the last week: Sadly, as the 2020 Childhood Cancer Prevention Report confirms, childhood cancer incidence rates, the number of new cases per 1,000 children, have steadily increased over the last few decades across all racial/ethnic groups. Cancer is now responsible for more than half of all childhood […]
Assorted news from the last two weeks: FDA approval of Pfizer’s XALKORI® (crizotinib) is a major milestone in the treatment of children and young adults with ALK-positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Researchers at Uppsala University have investigated the socioeconomic impact on parents of having a child diagnosed with cancer: mothers’ […]
By: Hilary Woo, Dietetic Intern, Texas Woman’s University Fighting with food has been a motto that I’ve had ever since deciding to pursue a career as a registered dietitian. In fact, the moment I decided to be a dietitian was during a volunteer program in high school at the MD Anderson Cancer […]
Assorted news from the last two weeks: NCI unveiled two new resources for young people with cancer: tips to help young people facing end-of-life decisions talk with their doctors and make choices about palliative care, advance directives, living wills, and how they want to be remembered. resource to help young people […]
Assorted news from the last week: Give Kids the World is reopening on Jan 17, 2021. Here’s a video they’ve prepared as part of their announcement. COVID19 disrupting pediatric cancer treatments all over, but especially in places like Uganda, where disruption in treatment can be deadly. End-of Year Advocacy Update: […]