Pediatric Oncology

Childhood cancer survivors are more than twice as likely to develop melanoma as the general population, according to findings published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Exposure to radiation from head or neck CT imaging increased risk for childhood brain tumors, according to results of a nationwide population-based study conducted in Finland.

Children with cancer more often died at home less often than adults, according to study results.

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

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Michael Fisher, MD, highlights the sessions and presentations at the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

CHICAGO — Time between therapy regimens can safely be offered to certain children with cancer to promote quality of life and explore goals of care without negatively affecting survival, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Standardized surveillance enabled early tumor detection for a variety of cancer predisposition syndromes, allowing for surgical resection and treatment of children and young adults with cancer, study findings in JAMA Oncology showed.

Richard Gorlick, MD, received this year’s ASCO Pediatric Oncology Award, which recognizes an individual who made outstanding contributions to the field.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib for the treatment of certain pediatric patients with metastatic or advanced solid tumors harboring RET alterations.

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, FASCO, will be awarded the 2024 ASCO-American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Award during the American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago.