Experimental treatment borrowed from blood cancer shows promise for pediatric brain tumors
In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts ...
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This Technology Can Raise Routine Lipid Screenings in Preteens
A new study shows that giving clinicians access to point-of-care testing for lipid levels increased rates of screening during ...
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New targeted therapy shows early success in treating pediatric high-grade gliomas
An international team of clinical collaborators, led by physician scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, performed a ...
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Clinical pediatric cancer lab at UC Santa Cruz is cleared to accept and test patient samples
By Rose Miyatsu The Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (CCDL) has received its CLIA certificate of registration from the ...
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Potential targeted therapy for pediatric brain cancer identified by Dana-Farber team
An international team of clinical collaborators, led by physician scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, performed a first-ever clinical test of the targeted therapy avapritinib in pediatric ...