Childhood Cancers

"Caitlin is an exceptionally talented and gifted nurse who has the rare and enviable combination of empathy, curiosity, intellectual fortitude and social acumen that has made her an extraordinary healer and leader," said James LaBelle, M.D., Ph.D., in the winning essay nominating Caitlin Cohen, M.S.N., RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON for the CURE® Extraordinary Healer® Award for Oncology Nursing.

An interview with Caitlin Cohen, M.S.N., RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON, winner of the CURE® Extraordinary Healer® Award.

A hospital whose mission is to cure children’s catastrophic diseases is not only providing treatment, but also conducting research and making new medicines. Now, in addition to improving its patient-care and research capabilities, it plans to reach into low-income countries to help cure more children with cancer.

The Childhood Solid Tumor Network at St. Jude is helping scientists inside and outside the hospital’s walls to expand treatment options for youngsters with these cancers.

From FDA news to today’s top performers and entertainers, here’s what’s making headlines in the cancer space this week.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is offering cloud-based access to the fully sequenced genomes of 10,000 pediatric patients with cancer, in the hopes that sharing the information will lead to the highest possible number of treatment breakthroughs.

Productivity loss among parent caregivers associated with poor health-related quality of life in pediatric advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

Event to Fund Cutting-Edge Pediatric Cancer Research

President Donald J. Trump announced his plan to amp up the fight against childhood cancer, and to lower prescription drug costs.

Certain groups of pediatric and adolescent patients are less likely to receive fertility preservation consultation, recent research says.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Sprycel (dasatinib) plus chemotherapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia

AN ANTIOXIDANT APPROVED FOR use as an antidote to cyanide poisoning may also prevent hearing loss, a potential side effect of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, in children who take the anticancer drug.

A recent study from St. Jude Children’s Hospital found that more than half of adults who survived pediatric central nervous system tumors failed to achieve independence as adults.

“Key brain regions that we know are typically involved in autobiographical memory formation and retrieval, especially the hippocampus, are located quite far from the primary tumor bed, and thus far from the site of focal radiation,” Sekeres, who is director of the Sekeres Memory Laboratory at Baylor University, said in an interview with CURE.

While a pediatric cancer diagnosis can obviously impact the child experiencing the disease, psychosocial effects can differentiate how each parent is affected, too.

A recent study showed that socioeconomic status may explain racial and ethnic disparities found among childhood cancer survivors of certain cancers.

The wigs resemble the hair of Disney princesses, and though most are designed for girls ages 2 to 10, there are a few styles for boys.

My hope is that more parents and caregivers find the benefits that yoga can offer for children with cancer.

Early study results show response to therapy in more than 90 percent of patients.

“The lack of concern is significant because some survivors may not engage in risk-reduction activities, such as recommended screening tests and healthy behaviors,” Todd Gibson, Ph.D.

There can be definite struggles for childhood cancer survivors, even many years later.

Writing helped me duck out on cancer.

The Healing Tree program at the Dempsey center helps young people who were affected by cancer cope.

Tasigna (nilotinib) was granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to be used in the first- and second-line setting for pediatric patients 1 year old or older who have Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP).

Why childhood cancer survivors should never skip a beat on tracking their heart health.

Kymriah, which is the first FDA-approved CAR-T cell therapy, is showing promising results in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

While causes for pneumonia were varied – including bacteria (14 percent), virus (22 percent) and unspecified (64 percent) – the majority of children did not have immune deficiencies recorded at the time of their pneumonia diagnosis.

The children’s app is paired with a complementary parent and caregiver-focused platform and guide that helps drive conversations about disease and treatment, timed to the child’s progression and in language that aligns with the game.

Man’s best friend has joined the fight against cancer by significantly helping families of children undergoing treatment.

Approximately 420,000 Americans are adult survivors of childhood cancer, and these individuals may be twice as likely to have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, according to researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.