New treatment shows success in high-risk solid tumours
Despite intensive treatment, high-risk solid tumours like neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma are challenging to…
Browsing: neuroblastoma
Drug used in breast and ovarian cancer could lead to safer, more effective treatment for neuroblastoma
A type of drug known as a PARP inhibitor, already used to treat breast and…
MRI scan used for heart disease could also pick out aggressive cancers
A type of smart MRI scan used in people with heart disease could help assess…
Study could lead to new scale for stratifying neuroblastoma risk
Results from a study conducted by a research team led by C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D.,…
New method for monitoring residual disease after treatment in children with neuroblastoma
A research group led by Professor Nishimura Noriyuki (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University,…
Smart algorithm finds possible future treatment for childhood cancer
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden have identified a promising new…
How mysterious circular DNA causes cancer in children
Cancer development is associated with the gradual accumulation of DNA defects over time. Thus, cancer…
Research sheds important light on the metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma can grow and spread in the body very aggressively, making it very difficult to…
Breakthrough in understanding neuroblastoma – a common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important…
More children are surviving neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in the last decennia,…