CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (January 10-23)
Assorted news from the last two weeks:
Adolescents and young adult cancer survivors are more likely to have psychological distress and additional annual medical expenses than adults with no history of cancer, according to a study published in Cancer.
Two anti-cancer antibodies have a much stronger effect against pediatric nerve-cell and bone cancers in mice than either one alone, researchers have discovered.
The Spanish perspective: The future of pediatric oncology lies in precision medicine.
An answer to the question of why Ondansetron, a 5-HT3 receptor agonist that is widely used to manage chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), seems to work better for some pediatric patients with cancer who experience CINV but not others.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on pediatric oncology health care providers (HCPs), according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Cancer.
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