Posts archive for September, 2022

Assorted News from the Last Week: The FDA has approved sodium thiosulfate (Pedmark) to reduce the risk of ototoxicity associated with cisplatin in pediatric patients aged 1 month and older with localized, nonmetastatic solid tumors. The White House announced its support for the Childhood Cancer STAR Reauthorization Act. Answers to common questions about COVID-19 vaccines in children with cancer Cancer in kids tied to prenatal exposure to high-dose folic acid and seizure meds, but no link seen among children of mothers without epilepsy. Scientists have found that group 3 and 4 medulloblastoma arise from the rhombic lip, knowledge that may […]

Assorted News from the Last Week: Supporting Children and Families Through a Cancer Diagnosis by Child Life Specialist Nicolle Bengtson. Nearly 20 years since her initial diagnosis, CAC2 Member Juanita Prada now works with children who are fighting cancer just like she did. Day One Biopharmaceuticals emerged in May to develop new drugs specifically for children with cancer. Now, as it ramps up its work, the company is making a flurry of new hires and new board appointments, including a new CEO: Jeremy Bender, Ph.D., who previously led corporate development at Gilead Sciences. Challenges burden pediatric oncologists following the peak […]

Assorted News from the Last Two Weeks: National Cancer Institute’s CCDI Molecular Characterization Initiative adds rare tumors. Study provides first in-depth look at major mix-ups in the genomic terrain of pediatric high-grade gliomas. LLS is working to change the pediatric clinical trial model. The aftermath of childhood cancer:  2000 days without Ana Biden appoints former government scientist as first leader of ARPA-H. The use of tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) in children younger than 3 years of age with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was as effective, and safe, in a retrospective cohort study as it was previously seen to […]