November 11, 2021
Philippe Villeneuve is recovering from his 28th and — fingers crossed — final round of chemotherapy for bone cancer. He and his family were taking stock of a tumultuous year Monday at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
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Pediatric ALL Relapse May Be Caused by Mutations From Chemotherapy
August 12, 2021
Although chemotherapy is the standard treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and has made it one of the most survivable childhood cancers, the chemotherapy drug class thiopurines can cause mutations that result in relapse. The findings were published in Nature Cancer.
New research shows children with blood cancer at low risk of severe COVID-19 disease
August 10, 2021
Research published in the British Medical Journal’s Archives of Disease in Childhood has shown that children with haematological malignancies (blood cancers) are at no higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease than children with other types of cancer. Previously published research from this project had shown that overall, children with cancer were at no higher risk of severe disease as a result of infection by the SARS-CoV2 virus than healthy children.
Life after St. Jude: ‘Cured’ Is Only the Beginning. One childhood cancer survivor learns to navigate life —and her health — after treatment.
August 3, 2021
Cured. For someone with cancer, the word elicits images of exultation, relief and celebration. But for most childhood cancer survivors, “cure” is not the end of the journey.
Its comfort is not my responsibility
July 30, 2021
A young woman with a prosthetic leg hopes to make the world a more empathetic place. If only she didn’t have to do it during the first dates.
International collaboration helps refine treatment for childhood leukemia
July 29, 2021
Vincristine and dexamethasone pulses can be safely eliminated from low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment
Montreal doctors use ‘heated chemotherapy’ on 3-year-old boy with sarcoma
July 21, 2021
A hospital in Montreal has used “heated chemotherapy” to attack the cancer of a three-year-old boy in what is believed to be one of the first times in Canada the treatment was used on such a young patient.
Can leukemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented? Princess Margaret Scientists reveal a new target that suggests it can
July 19, 2021
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For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers have mapped out where and how leukemia begins and develops in infants with Down syndrome in preclinical models, paving the way to potentially prevent this cancer in the future.
Children with Down syndrome have a 150-fold increased risk of developing myeloid leukemia within the first five years of their life. Yet the mechanism by which the extra copy of chromosome 21 predisposes to leukemia remains unclear.
Dr. Google is not your friend
July 12, 2021
It’s incredible that we live in a world where we can search our symptoms online and within seconds, we’re given thousands of suggestions as to what we are dealing with. But it can also be a cancer survivor’s worst enemy. Most of the symptoms people suffer from as side-effects from cancer treatment will align with any other number of cancers and can lead you down a rabbit hole of despair if you let it.
Surviving Cancer – Through the Eyes of a 16-year-old
July 8, 2021
Want to know what it’s like to be a teenage survivor of childhood cancer? We asked 16-year-old Michael G. to share his experience, during National Cancer Survivor Month.
