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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'm surprised to not find a thread for this here in this forum. There is one for cancer in general over in the MCM forum but I think we need one specific to childhood cancers here. I do see multiple threads already opened here for individual news items. Hopefully, this thread can consolidate any new news here in one place.
----------------------------------------As for the news I found, I saw this on the Curesearch website (https://curesearch.org/Childhood-Cancer-Statistics specifically): Childhood Cancer Statistics â Important Facts Each year, the parents of approximately 15,700 kids will hear the words "your child has cancer." Across all ages, ethnic groups and socio-economics, this disease remains the number one cause of death by disease in children. Despite major advances - from an overall survival rate of 10 percent just fifty years ago to nearly 90 percent today, for many rare cancers, the survival rate is much lower. Furthermore, the number of diagnosed cases annually has not declined in nearly 20 years. * Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer. * 12% of children diagnosed with cancer do not survive. * Children's cancer affects all ethnic, gender and socio-economic groups. * The average age of children diagnosed is six. * More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year. * 60% of children who survive cancer suffer late-effects, such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers. * There are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of childrenâs cancer in the United States. That equates to 1 in 530 adults ages 20-39. Another surprising point I found on their site was "In the last 20 years, only 3 cancer treatments have been specifically developed and approved for children." While I believe these statistics are probably US only, I cannot confirm that. Nevertheless, it is still sobering. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by keithhenry at Sep 8, 2017 1:34:10 AM] |
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l_mckeon
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Yes, I've been posting all cancer related news in MCM, such as this one>
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/08/po...ncer-drug-shrinks-tumours |
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Jim Slade
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'Highly revolutionary': Newly FDA-approved gene modification has promise in cancer treatment
----------------------------------------A gene-modification process recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration has trailblazing implications: The process is curing cases of childhood leukemia by altering children's immune system T-cells so they can recognize and kill cancer cells. https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017/10/highl...mise-in-cancer-treatment/  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jim Slade at Oct 15, 2017 8:24:08 AM] |
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keithhenry
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In the last decade, the survival rates for most types of cancer in children have improved in developed countries. Up to 80% of the patients survive, thanks to early diagnosis, timely treatment and advances in medicine. But most children who have cancer live in the developing world where their survival rate is less than 25%. https://theconversation.com/how-poverty-is-ki...hildren-with-cancer-81492 |
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[VENETO] boboviz
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Successful italian trial
Curing this 4-year-old child was previously impossible. However, this group of doctors at Bambino Gesu Hospital have managed to change that. The boy suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and after two recurrences, they decided to try an experimental treatment that received positive results for the first time in the United States in 2012. The treatment is a genetic therapy known as CART – Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell. It modifies immune cells, those known as T-cells, to make them fight carcinogens. The doctors say it's still too early to declare the patient completely cancer-free, but it will surely give hope to the 400 people who are diagnosed with the disease each year in Italy. It's one of the most prevalent tumors among children. |
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Synapp.IO
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Leukemia does not involve tumors :-).
Still, great news. |
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l_mckeon
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Nanoparticles carry drug duo into the brain to fight cancer
More detailed info on MCM forum: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewpostinthread?post=579206 |
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[VENETO] boboviz
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alged
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In France September is a month dedicated to chiild cancer
----------------------------------------The campaign is lead by INSTITUT Gustave ROUSSY In France 1 child over 440 will get cancer before 15 years old and 2500 are diagnosised every year. Their research program stays in institutional labos and not on large scale as the grid SCC. Hope a cure to be found at last  |
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smspell
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Targeted treatment shrinks deadly pediatric brain tumors
Date: January 23, 2019 Source: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Summary: For children -- whose tiny bodies are still growing -- chemotherapy and radiation treatments can cause lifelong damage. Now, scientists have reported that a targeted therapy that blocks a protein called LSD1 was able to shrink tumors in mice with a form of pediatric brain cancer known as medulloblastoma. LSD1 inhibitors are currently under evaluation in clinical trials for other cancers. read more here. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123082214.htm |
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