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Brain tumours are the second most common cancer in children (after leukaemia).
Parents of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) experience emotional distress throughout their child's treatment course. This study describes the psychological experience of Australian and New Zealand parents of children diagnosed with ALL.
Childhood renal masses comprise a heterogeneous group of conditions that have a wide range of presentations. This review outlines an approach to the diagnostic work-up of childhood renal masses and discusses the most common presentations and treatments. Renal tumours make up 5% of childhood cancer in Australia, with Wilms tumour being the most common under age 10 years.
Identified CCI-007 as a novel small molecule that displays rapid toxicity towards a subset of MLL-r, CALM-AF10 and SET-NUP214 leukemia cell lines
In this investigation, the authors found an association between home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years and acute lymphoblastic...
This paper demonstrated that home paint exposure shortly before conception, during pregnancy, and/or after birth appeared to increase the risk of childhood ALL.
This report provides new insight into the functional specialization within the broad network of dendritic cells that are responsible for skin immunosurveillance
This article summarizes data from collaborative group and institutional trials that have advanced the science of pediatric brain tumors.
We undertook a retrospective review of children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and treated with modern COG protocols to determine...
This article investigates the impact of burn & excisional injury on the immune system.