Children diagnosed with diffuse midline gliomas often die within a year after their initial diagnosis since there are no effective treatments yet for this rare cancer. But researchers now have a better understanding of what these tumors look like and can work towards developing new treatment approaches.
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Many US families of children with leukemia may experience food insecurity, according to results presented at the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.
Results of a study of molecular tumor profiling in young patients revealed a high rate of genetic alterations with potential for impacting clinical care, including clarifying diagnoses and treatment with matched, precision cancer drugs.
U.S. News & World Report has named Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center #1 in the nation in its 2022-23 Best Children's Hospitals report.
Children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse outcomes if they were from certain racial/ethnic groups or were on public rather than private insurance, despite being treated in clinical trials with standardized protocols, according to a study led by investigators from Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
2022 Canada Gairdner Award given to Stuart H. Orkin, MD, researcher at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center was ranked as one of 15 transplant centers in the country that performed above the expected survival rate
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s faculty named 2022 Top Doctors by Boston Magazine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a treatment to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients 2 years of age or older receiving a hematopoietic stem cell transplant from a matched or single-HLA-mismatched unrelated donor.
The Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center has launched a fully redesigned website designed to be user-friendly and intuitive.