Treating the TOTAL patient: clinical trial reduces relapse
A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital study lowered the rate of relapse for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Pediatric Cancer
Major Grant for Study of Cell Fate in Cancer
HMS scientist’s work will aim to elucidate the role of cellular decision-making in cancer development
Read moreSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and IAEA partner to tackle childhood cancers in developing countries
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are joining forces to combat childhood cancers in developing countries.
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Research on firearm injuries to U.S. children gets 30 times less funding per death than other causes
Firearm injuries kill 2,500 American children each year. But the nation spends far less on studying what led to these injuries, and what might prevent and treat them, than it spends on other causes of death in children. In fact, on a per-death basis, funding for pediatric firearm research is 30 times lower than it would have to be to keep pace with research on other child health threats.
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Algorithm Reduces Need for Therapy in Children With Intermediate-Risk Neuroblastoma
Roswell Park’s Dr. Clare Twist led an effort to develop and validate a new treatment algorithm for infants and children with neuroblastoma. In a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the team reports that many patients can safely receive less extensive therapy.
Read moreLeukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego researchers describe new use of leukemia drug, nilotinib, to treat subtype of medulloblastoma, a deadly pediatric brain cancer.
Read morePain Clinic Provides Safe Space for Sickle Cell Patients to Receive Treatment
With the aim of improving pain control and decreasing hospitalizations for vaso-occlusive crisis, the Sickle Cell Team at Children’s of Alabama is moving to implement individualized pain plans for patients and pilot an outpatient pain clinic.
Read moreCancer Predisposition Clinic Aims To Change Trajectory Of Genetically Based Cancer
Children’s of Alabama’s Cancer Predisposition Clinic physicians develop personalized screening for children who have inherited cancer predisposition syndromes with hopes that early detection will lead to improved outcomes.
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Birmingham Woman Meets Philadelphia Man Who Saved Her Life Through Bone Marrow Donation
Jada Lucas, a 22-year-old bone marrow recipient from Birmingham, met the bone marrow donor who helped save her life — Jerome Lewis of Philadelphia, Penn. — at donor registry event at Children’s of Alabama.
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