Combining immunotherapies effective against mouse model of cancer
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A recent study by researchers at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital points to a new treatment strategy for rhabdomyosarcoma that takes advantage of the body's own immune response. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Now Is The Time-Pitch In
I recently blogged about the political climate, about staying focused on an issue, and not getting distracted by partisan political "religions" and finding a way of working together for the greater good. That greater good in my life is, of course, Less Cancer -- the goal of actually reducing the low-hanging, preventable incidences of cancer.
Cancer is something that has touched almost all of us personally.
We understand that Cancer is a large umbrella term, encompassing dozens of diseases; we also know that over 50% of all cancers are preventable.
The American Association for Cancer Research tells us in its cancer p...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother reveals how her intuition led to her baby's Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer diagnosis
Baby Penelope was born with a bruised lump on her back, which grew bigger over time. Doctors told her worried mother Emily, from NSW, that it was reflux, colic or constipation, (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No one would listen to me': Mother reveals how her intuition led to her baby girl rare Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer diagnosis... despite doctors insisting she only had 'reflux'
Baby Penelope was born with a bruised lump on her back, which grew bigger over time. Doctors told her worried mother Emily, from NSW, that it was reflux, colic or constipation, (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Welsh boy shown wiped out after having chemotherapy to help battle his rare form of cancer
Logan Sellers, from Bangor, Wales, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma after a lump developed behind his eye. But his condition has become so bad that he often turns down food. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More boys are diagnosed with cancer than girls worldwide - why?
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Dad Captures The Effects Of Childhood Cancer With One Moving Photo
In one photo, Andrew Brown has captured the effects of childhood cancer as well as the strength of his daughter.
On June 23, doctors at a hospital in Australia diagnosed Brown’s daughter Hayley with a type of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. Brown told The Huffington Post that doctors found a soft tissue tumor at the back of Hayley’s nose that was filling her nasal passage. The tumor was affecting one of her eyes as well as her brain, so Hayley began different forms of chemotherapy just two days after her diagnosis.
“[The tumor] was also starting to put pressure on the bottom of her brain so they wanted to...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seven-year-old 's rare cancer was detected during a play fight with her brother
Aaron East, 11, was playing with his sister Amy, 7, at their home in Chelmsford, Essex when he noticed the growth in her throat. Tests revealed it was rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare soft tissue cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First cancer patient in Ohio receives proton therapy treatment
( < i > University Hospitals Case Medical Center < /i > ) Mevion Medical Systems, the leader in compact proton therapy, is announcing that University Hospitals in Cleveland used the industry-leading MEVION S250 proton therapy system to treat its first patient, a 24-year-old woman with, rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of sarcoma. The proton therapy treatment made history by being the first in the state of Ohio. The new proton therapy center is located on the main campus of UH, directly between UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and UH Seidman Cancer Center. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 27, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
What Are The Most Common Pediatric Cancers?
Discussion
Cancer occurs in all ages including children. Fortunately cancer is much less common in the pediatric age group accounting for <1% of all cancers yearly in the US. Approximately 10,000 US children under age 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. More than 80% of those children will survive more than 5 years because of advances in direct cancer treatment and treatment of its complications. Survival rates depend on a number of factors including the type of cancer and location. Despite these good numbers, about 1250 children in the US die yearly from pediatric cancer. After accidents, childhood cancer, suicid...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Nadia Hobbs with throbbing pain in her jaw had a tumour the size of gobstopper
Nadia Hobbs, 18, from St Thomas, Exeter, was found to have rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the body's soft tissues in the left side of her jaw. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Navidea begins patient enrolment in paediatric trial of lymphoseek to treat solid tumours
Ireland-based Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has started patient enrolment in a clinical trial comparing Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) injection and vital blue dye (VBD) in children with melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, or other solid tumours. (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - January 7, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New test could help personalize treatment for common childhood cancer
(Institute of Cancer Research) A new gene test can identify which patients are likely to suffer more aggressive forms of the childhood cancer rhabdomyosarcoma, new research reports. Examining the activity of only five genes in a sample of the tumor was enough to identify high-risk children who might benefit from more intensive treatment or from new therapies in clinical trials. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 15, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapeutic Development and Pipeline Market Review H1...
RnRMarketResearch.com adds “Rhabdomyosarcoma – Pipeline Review, H1 2015” to its store. The report provides an overview of the Rhabdomyosarcoma’s therapeutic pipeline.(PRWeb April 22, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/rhabdomyosarcoma/pipeline-review-h1-2015/prweb12672220.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 23, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapeutic Pipeline Review H2 2014 Report at...
ReportsnReports.com adds “Rhabdomyosarcoma - Pipeline Review, H2 2014” to its store. The report provides an overview of the Rhabdomyosarcoma therapeutic pipeline.(PRWeb January 03, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/rhabdomyosarcoma-pipeline/review-h2-2014-report/prweb12419753.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
