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September 25, 2017
More than 15,000 children and adolescents up to 19 years old will receive a cancer diagnosis this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. After accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 14. Conditions most commonly affecting children include leukemia, lymphoma, and tumors affecting the bones or neural systems.
September 24, 2017
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Many citizens in our community may not realize that San Antonio is home to the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute — the largest freestanding pediatric cancer research facility in Texas and one of the few research institutes worldwide devoted exclusively to childhood cancer. During this important month for childhood […]
September 21, 2017
The Lancet: The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE). Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital reported data collected retrospectively through the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE). Patients selected for inclusion in this study had previously received their cancer treatment at St. Jude, had […]
September 21, 2017
Advances in cancer treatment mean that today, more than 4 out of 5 children diagnosed with cancer will survive and remain cancer-free for at least 5 years after diagnosis. Many of these children will ultimately be considered cured of their cancer. However, the chances of either developing a life-threatening health problem or dying early as […]
September 7, 2017
Journal of Clinical Oncology — Financial Burden in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Researchers evaluated self-reported household income data available through the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). The overall goal of this important study was to evaluate the prevalence of survivor financial burden and to identify correlations between percentage […]
September 2, 2017
Yuan Chun Ding 1, Aaron W Adamson 1, Linda Steele 1, Adam M Bailis 2, Esther M John 3 4, Gail Tomlinson 5 6, Susan L Neuhausen 7 Abstract African-American women are more likely to develop aggressive breast cancer at younger ages and experience poorer cancer prognoses than non-Hispanic Caucasians. Deficiency in the repair of DNA by homologous recombination (HR) is associated with cancer development, suggesting that mutations in genes […]
August 16, 2017
“Big Data” is a driving force in cancer research today. Sifting through the data from thousands of cancer genomes will help researchers understand what drives cancer, and help them make predictions about therapies that will be most beneficial to individual patients. To help make sense of these data, and in particular, to apply the findings […]
August 10, 2017
The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, rows and rows of glass tanks […]
August 10, 2017
The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, rows and rows of glass tanks are […]
August 3, 2017
Pediatric Blood and Cancer: Risk factors and surveillance for reduced bone mineral density in pediatric cancer survivors. Between 2003 and 2010, 475 survivors of childhood leukemia and solid tumors (excluding central nervous system tumors) were screened for decreased bone mineral density (BMD) using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). These screenings were conducted according to the consensus-based Children’s […]