Pediatric Oncology News

The development of more effective treatments — including personalized therapies — have dramatically improved outcomes for children and adolescents with cancer, according to American Association for Cancer Research’s Cancer Progress Report.

A first-in-human clinical trial will assess the safety of a personalized vaccine to treat diffuse hemispheric glioma, an aggressive brain tumor.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Young children who underwent treatment for brain tumors had lower academic readiness scores than their peers, according to results of a prospective longitudinal trial.

Invasive aspergillosis occurs in around 3% to 5% of children with acute leukemia, according to findings published in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Radiotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplant increased the risk for keratinocyte carcinoma development in childhood cancer survivors, according to a study.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Cassie Kline, MD, MAS, discusses the results of the PNOC005 trial she presented at International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Cassie Kline, MD, MAS, discusses the results of the PNOC016 trial she presented at International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

Children and young adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia increasingly receive tisagenlecleucel in earlier settings when they have lower disease burden, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.