Pediatric Oncology

Aprepitant is significantly more effective than a comparator placebo-added regimen in preventing CINV in children, with benefits seen across all phases of treatment.

Mark R. Litzow, MD, chair, ECOG-ACRIN Leukemia Committee, professor of medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, discusses the role of transplant in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Eribulin has demonstrated a high level of antitumor activity that was equivalent or superior to vincristine across several sarcoma xenograft models, including at low dose levels, suggesting the drug may effectively treat pediatric patients with sarcoma.

Rebecca Kronk, PhD, CRNP, MSN, writes about evidence recognizing sleep disturbances and fatigue as common occurrences in children with cancer during treatment, after treatment, and in long-term survivors.

This fellow shares the insights he’s gained from his wife, a pediatric oncology nurse, and how they help in the care he provides.

Dr. Eric Larsen, from the Maine Children's Cancer Program, Discusses Outcomes for AYA Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Many of us training in the United States have encountered patients and their families from resource-limited regions of the world-families who have uprooted themselves for the chance to save the lives of their children diagnosed with cancer.

Although most hospitals encourage visits from children, you should keep in mind the following tips to help ensure that those visits are happy ones for you and your kids.

Recent reports published in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) are examining the longterm or delayed health effects of cancer treatments.

Medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor that most commonly affects children, is not one disease but several, said researchers with St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

The FDA has awarded a $600,000 grant for a phase I clinical trial of a genetically reprogrammed herpes simplex virus in young cancer patients with relapsed non-central nervous system (CNS) solid tumors such as sarcomas and neuroblastomas.

As a practicing pediatric oncologist at an academic institute, every morning begins with optimism and a quest to win the day.

Coloring for Chemo/Comfort is a nonprofit organization in Nevada started by Amy Villarele-Hardy and Nina Lawyer in November 2009.

Useful Online Resources and Clinical Trials for Childhood-Tumors

Video games helping kids with cancer? A novel approach, but it's a good one. Games are not just for kids anymore, after all. Read on to find out more.