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November 01, 2021
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Blood donor characteristics linked to outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants

Blood donor characteristics linked to outcomes of very low-birth-weight infants

Very low-birth-weight infants who received blood transfusions from female donors had a lower risk for mortality and/or serious morbidity than those who received transfusions from male donors, study results showed.

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October 24, 2021
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Children’s hospital appoints chief of pediatric hematology-oncology division

Children’s hospital appoints chief of pediatric hematology-oncology division

Oren J. Becher, MD, has been appointed chief of the Jack Martin division of pediatric hematology-oncology at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital.

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October 19, 2021
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Radiation therapist finds new outlet to fight cancer with children’s book fundraiser

Radiation therapist finds new outlet to fight cancer with children’s book fundraiser

Cierra Aber is a helper.

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October 15, 2021
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FDA grants fund trials of treatments for brain cancer

FDA grants fund trials of treatments for brain cancer

The FDA awarded 11 grants worth more than $25 million to fund clinical trials of medical products intended to treat patients with rare diseases.

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September 27, 2021
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Children with cancer more likely to have severe COVID-19 illness

Children with cancer more likely to have severe COVID-19 illness

Children with cancer who contracted COVID-19 developed more serious infections and had a greater likelihood of hospitalization or death than the general pediatric population, according to study results published in The Lancet Oncology.

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September 24, 2021
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APPs key to helping children, families transition to ‘new normal’ after treatment

APPs key to helping children, families transition to ‘new normal’ after treatment

The completion of cancer-directed therapy is a time for celebration.

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September 19, 2021
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7 important updates for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

7 important updates for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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September 07, 2021
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Cisplatin-induced hearing loss common among very young children early in treatment

Cisplatin-induced hearing loss common among very young children early in treatment

Young children with cancer who received cisplatin chemotherapy had a higher incidence of cisplatin-induced hearing loss than older children, according to study results published in Cancer.

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August 29, 2021
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Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital appoints chief of pediatric hematology

Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital appoints chief of pediatric hematology

Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD, has been appointed chief of pediatric hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

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August 11, 2021
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Remission by ’whatever means’: The role of CAR-T, HSCT for younger patients with ALL

Remission by ’whatever means’: The role of CAR-T, HSCT for younger patients with ALL

Clinicians who treat blood cancers often disagree whether chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies are a potential replacement for hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

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