Younger kids with cancer given more clinical trialsOlder adolescents and young adults with cancer don't get the same access to clinical trials as younger children, which leads to a lower survival rate, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh announced today.Heinrichs, Allison M...
Will is one of many children with cancer who has participated in the pediatric clinical trials at Children’s of Alabama. Kutney said there are anywhere from 70 to 90 clinical trials ongoing at the hospital at any given time. “You can imagine how devastating that is to a family when their...
In a studypublished in theJournal of Pain and Symptom Managementlast month, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta researchers detailed a telehealth-based intervention the hospital has employed to ease the transition to hospice for young cancer patients and their families. Cancer is ...
Education is key, Frost says. “Especially with these younger kids, we have to make sure that they know that they can’t catch cancer.” MD Anderson’s pediatric school coordinators bring puppets into classrooms to show children what their classmate with cancer experiences at the hospital. “We...
All the campers at Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Camp U.O.T.S. have — or had — some form of cancer. The same goes for almost all of the counselors, too.
Josh’s Jammies collects pajamas for kids with cancer. These kids spend a lot of time in their pajamas, or in boring hospital gowns. Josh’s Jammies collects all sizes of pajamas for boys and girls with cancer. Be a superhero and bring new kids’ pajamas to the Turkey Trot to donate!
Leukemia, lymphoma, brain and spinal cord tumor and retina blastoma are some of the common forms of cancer prevalent among the Nepali children. Anjali Pandit, a child cancer specialist who has been working at the Nepal Cancer Hospital, said cancer in children is not always fatal and can be ...
"We are an overnight summer camp for kids with Cancer or heart conditions put on by Saint Francis Children's Hospital," said Christina Manley, Certified Child Life Specialist and Summer Camp Coordinator for Camp STRONG. Here, children facing grown-up things can just ...
The hospital, which runs a 'Donate a Life Project' (DALP), has, since 2014, cured 84 children who had various blood cancers. The hospital launched DALP in August, 2014, under which one could save the life of a child with cancer by donating Rs. five lac for trea...
September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, came to a close with more than a dozen patients completing their cancer treatment at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital.Published Oct 7th, 2022 More than a dozen pediatric patients from USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital parti...