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September 22, 2025
Clinical trials for childhood cancer closed to new Canadian patients in wake of U.S. funding cuts
At least five cutting-edge clinical trials for childhood cancer have been closed to new Canadian patients because of the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific funding and its directive that grants no longer be shared with foreign researchers.
August 12, 2025
2025 edition
Adolescents and young adults: towards an adapted and personalized approach
December 28, 2023
How Hayley Arceneaux Became the World’s First Pediatric Cancer Survivor to Visit Space
On September 15, 2021, Hayley Arceneaux rocketed into orbit around the earth on the first all-civilian orbital space mission. The crew successfully water-landed three days later. As if that wasn’t epic enough, Hayley made even more history by becoming the youngest American to orbit the Earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor in space, and the first person to launch into space with a prosthetic body part.
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