Childhood Cancers

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Augtyro for the treatment of patients ages 12 and older with solid tumors harboring an NTRK gene fusion.

The Food and Drug Administration granted a traditional approval to Retevmo for adult and pediatric patients 2 years old and older with advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer.

Retevmo was approved for childhood metastatic medullary thyroid, thyroid and solid tumors with RET mutations or gene fusions.

Curing childhood cancer, any kind, is no place to be divided.

Ojemda treatment for certain patients with pediatric low-grade glioma is “well-tolerated” and may be safer than traditional options, an expert told CURE®.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Ojemda for patients 6 months and older with relapsed or refractory pediatric low-grade glioma with a BRAF fusion or rearrangement, or BRAF V600 mutation.

Lutathera was approved for patients 12 or older with SSTR-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, the FDA announced.

Cancer comes with an awful storm, but the prisms of light can make it a little less worse.

Besponsa provides another — and potentially more effective — option outside of traditional chemotherapy for pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory B-ALL.

Musical play engages children with cancer, which relieves stress for them and their parents/caregivers, an expert said.

The investigational drug LSTA1 is being explored for the treatment of osteosarcoma, which starts in the bones and accounts for 2% of childhood cancers.

Last week we saw some FDA approvals come through, as well as research that explored the psychosocial outcomes of individuals who survived pediatric rhabdosarcoma.

Survivors of rhabdomyosarcoma may be at higher risk for poorer psychological outcomes, that radiation therapy and smoking may worsen.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Besponsa for pediatric patients aged 1 and older with relapsed or refractory CD22-positive, B-cell precursor ALL.

“Waiting” described the waiting room at Children’s Hospital to get my chemotherapy. “My Days” was a remembrance of the year I was diagnosed with leukemia.

A young girl once fought as hard as she could though cancer.

From International Childhood Cancer Day to an Ivory Coast soccer player making a victorious comeback after testicular cancer, here’s what is happening in the oncology space this week.

Last week, we saw a few moving parts in the regulatory space, from new NCCN guidelines for pediatric neuroblastoma treatment to FDA Fast Tracks and Priority Reviews

New guidelines provide a framework for pediatric neuroblastoma treatment — as well as conversations families should have with their oncology teams.

From Broadway actor Jeff Gorti opening up about his childhood cancer experience to Brian Barczyk of The Reptarium dying, here’s what’s happening in the oncology space this week.

Recent research determined that two specific biomarkers may help predict and protect survivors of childhood cancer from heart risks, such as cardiomyopathy.

Children with cancer tended to feel less anxiety after undergoing four sessions of creative art therapy, recent research showed.

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved treatment for some patients with neuroblastoma, kidney cancer and bladder cancer. Elsewhere, a cancer vaccine made headlines for the treatment of patients with melanoma.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Iwilfin for high-risk neuroblastoma in adult and pediatric patients who previously had at least a partial response to a multiagent, modality therapy.

As Shannen Doherty revealed her cancer diagnoses and upcoming podcast and a woman with breast cancer completed her bucket list, here is what’s happening in the oncology space this week.