Pediatric Cancer

Broad Institute, Dana-Farber, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital collaborate on pediatric cancers

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The organizations said they will invest more than $60 million over five years to support a collaboration called the Pediatric Cancer Dependencies Accelerator project.

October 13, 2022

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pediatric care?

Elhadi, an assistant professor of health, behavior, and policy at the university discussed his research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric cancer patients with LabPulse.com at the recent American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in New Orleans.

May 2, 2022

Genetic testing promises better prognosis for pediatric cancer patients

By Emily Hayes

The multinational study evaluated outcomes in pediatric oncology patients with relapsed cancer and a poor prognosis who were tested and then directed to targeted treatments in accordance with their individual genetic profile. Results were presented in a late-breaking abstract and highlighted in the press program of the ASCO meeting, which is being held in a virtual format from May 29 to 31.

May 28, 2020

ASCO previews cover molecular screening for kids, TMB biomarkers | Liquid biopsy results | New tests for babesiosis

By Emily Hayes

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May 20, 2019

So far, so good with NCI pediatric molecular screening study

By Emily Hayes

Out of 422 children, adolescents, and young adults (up to the age of 21) with relapsed/refractory cancers enrolled in the NCI-Children's Oncology Group Pediatric Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH) study, tumor samples were taken for 390, or 92%. Of those who had their tumors sequenced, 24% were eligible for treatment with a targeted therapy available through the study, and 10% had been enrolled in a trial as of the end of 2018, the investigators reported in an interim analysis ahead of the ASCO meeting, which is scheduled to be held from May 31 through June 4 in Chicago.

May 15, 2019

Next-generation sequencing offers hope for kids with cancer

By Emily Hayes

Molecular profiling helped identify genetic mutations that could be acted upon in 54 out of 62 children and adolescents whose tissue could be evaluated in the Personalized Targeted Therapy in Refractory or Relapsed Cancer in Childhood (TRICEPS) study, reported Fida Khater, PhD, and colleagues at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal.

April 28, 2019