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Palliative Radiotherapy Provides Symptom Relief for Children
1+ week, 4+ day ago (606+ words) Hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy (PRT) effectively relieves pain in children with cancer, according to findings published in the EJC Pediatric Oncology. Researchers added that treatment was well-tolerated even after palliative reirradiation to the same anatomic site. The retrospective study describes the…...
Parent and Child Petrol Exposure Linked to Higher Childhood Leukemia Risk
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (231+ words) Exposure to petrol compounds appears to be associated with an increased risk of childhood leukemia, including'acute lymphoblastic leukemia'(ALL), according to a systematic review published in'Blood and Lymphatic Cancer: Targets and Therapy. Residential proximity analyses further supported the presence of…...
Treating Pediatric ALL Can Lead to Household Income Loss, Financial Hardship
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (591+ words) Many families with children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) face household material hardship (HMH) and/or income loss, according to research presented at the ASH Annual Meeting 2025. "[W]e observed that nearly a third of families of children…...
A Majority of US Children Rely on Medicaid or CHIP, New Study Finds
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (355+ words) By their 18th birthday, about 3 in 4 children nationwide relied on Medicaid, CHIP (which subsidizes health care for children and pregnant women in families that earn too much for Medicaid), or the subsidized insurance marketplaces established through the 2010 Affordable Care Act " or…...
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (433+ words) Childhood cancer survivors have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 than the general population, according to research published in The Lancet Regional Health: Europe. This study included 13, 659 patients in Sweden and Denmark who had received a cancer diagnosis at…...
Microbiome Diversity Linked to Outcomes in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (480+ words) Pediatric patients with diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) may have better outcomes if they have a more diverse gut microbiome, according to data presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting 2025. The data suggested that greater alpha diversity is significantly associated with improved…...
FDA's New Approach to Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccines Will Limit Access, Officials Say
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (613+ words) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adopting a new regulatory framework that will change the criteria for approval of COVID-19 vaccines and ultimately limit who can be vaccinated, according to a viewpoint by FDA officials that was published…...