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The Kids Research Institute Australia’s cancer researchers will use funds raised in the name of a brave three-year-old girl to launch a new assault on the devastating form of childhood cancer which took her life.
Emma White, a registered nurse, suspected for several months that something was wrong with her 7-year-old daughter Aroha, but couldn't get answers despite visiting numerous GPs.
It is the kids he treats in his role as a paediatric oncologist that motivate Dr Nick Gottardo in his work as a The Kids Research Institute Australia cancer researcher.
The Global Symposium on Childhood Brain Tumours is bringing the world's premier childhood brain tumour researchers and scientists together in Perth.
A The Kids study examining drug resistance in leukaemia patients has shed new light on why some treatments may be more effective than others.
A report outlining key steps to tackle a common and aggressive childhood brain tumor is gaining rapid momentum after attracting international attention.
A new research scholarship to combat childhood brain tumours will be launched tonight in honour of two year old Perth toddler Ethan Davies.
Diagnostic irradiation of the mother during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Antibodies that target immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA‐4) and the programmed cell death protein 1/ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) are now a treatment option for multiple cancer types. However, as a monotherapy, objective responses only occur in a minority of patients. Chemotherapy is widely used in combination with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Although a variety of isolated immunostimulatory effects have been reported for several classes of chemotherapeutics, it is unclear which chemotherapeutics provide the most benefit when combined with ICB.
Increasing evidence suggests that breastfeeding may protect from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. However, most studies have limited their analyses to any breastfeeding, and only a few data have examined exclusive breastfeeding, or other exposures such as formula milk.