Childhood Brain Tumors Linked To Newly Discovered Mutations
A recent study published in the online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics of rare, lethal childhood tumors of the brainstem has revealed that almost 80% of tumors contain gene mutations that have previously not been associated with cancer. According to early evidence, gene alterations also implicate other aggressive pediatric brain tumors…
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Mutations Tied To Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors Revealed By Cancer Sequencing Initiative
Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well. The findings from the St…
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Categories: Colon Cancer Foundation Tags: Aggressive, Brain, Cancer, childhood, initiative, Mutations, revealed, Sequencing, Tied, Tumors
Keppra® Approved By FDA For Childhood Seizures
In the U.S., Keppra® has been approved as adjunctive therapy for partial onset seizures in adults and children aged four years and older with epilepsy. However the UCB recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved to lower the age restriction to include infants from the age of one month and older with epilepsy. Professor Dr. Iris Loew-Friedrich, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President UCB â�¨declared: â�¨”As a leader in epilepsy UCB has a responsibility to develop effective medicines that address unmet medical needs…
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Childhood Cancer Survivors in Poor Health at Greater Risk for Unemployment in Adulthood – Newswise
Newswise — PHILADELPHIA — Childhood cancer survivors with poor physical health and neurocognitive deficits are more likely to be unemployed or work part-time in adulthood, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention …
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Seattle Children’s Opens New Center For Childhood Cancer Research
Seattle Children’s Research Institute announced the opening of the Center for Childhood Cancer Research. In tandem, Michael Jensen, MD was named as the Center’s director…
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Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer
A difficult-to-treat form of childhood leukemia relies on changes in the structure of DNA — so-called epigenetic changes — to wreak genomic havoc within white blood cells, according to one of two new studies. Researchers also showed that a new drug that blocks these changes could deactivate cancer-promoting genes and halt the growth of this cancer.
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Slow growth of childhood brain tumors linked to genetic process seen in skin moles
Researchers have found a likely explanation for the slow growth of the most common childhood brain tumor, pilocytic astrocytoma. Using tests on a new cell-based model of the tumor, they concluded that the initial process of tumor formation switches on a growth-braking tumor-suppressor gene, in a process similar to that seen in skin moles.
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Dealing With Childhood Illness: Online Support
Dealing With Childhood Illness: Online Support
Dealing with Childhood Illness: How online support through social networking sites provides relief in the middle of the night
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 10,000 children under the age of 15 were diagnosed with cancer in 2007, making it the deadliest disease among U.S. children in that age group.
I was diagnosed with colon cancer at age seven and spent most of my childhood in and out of hospitals, enduring six major surgeries and several minor ones decades after the cancer was in remission. If you are reading this article because your child has been diagnosed with a similarly devastating disease, then you are aware of the startling statistics. Every day, you hope that doctors will find a cause and a cure. Caregiving has taken over your life and that of your family’s. And although you are not alone in your plight, you probably feel like you are.
Caring for a child with a catastrophic illness is physically and emotionally exhausting. As a parent, you must stay strong for your sick child—and for the rest of the family, including your other children. You become stretched very thin trying to take care of everyone, and you probably feel hopeless at times.
My parents were amazing. As I reflect back on the years when I was really sick, I don’t know how they got through each day. While my illness changed the dynamics of how our family functioned, they worked hard to continue living life as “normally” as they could. I’m sure many times they felt as if they were on an island and that no other parent could be experiencing what they were experiencing, both emotionally and physically.
But in today’s world of the Internet, parents don’t have to feel that way. I am not an advocate of Internet diagnoses, but I am a big cheerleader for social networking and the doors these sites open for parents who are struggling each day with loving and caring for a sick child. On my Facebook page, I have met some amazing people—yet I don’t know any of them personally. I have connected with people from all over the world and listened to their stories. As they go for treatment, I and other “friends” rally around them as a group. We answer each other’s questions, provide support, and squelch fears. If my parents had this type of virtual support when I was a child, it would have provided much needed relief, especially at 3 a.m. when they couldn’t sleep.
Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo! Groups all have online support groups for different types of illnesses. Various organizations also have their own online networks, as well, where you can chat live or post to message boards. Support is such an important part of managing your child’s illness, yet friends and family who aren’t going through the same experiences may not truly grasp what you are dealing with. Search Google for a support group for your child’s illness, and you’ll be amazed at what you will find. There are parents out there just like you, needing the same support that you need. After you join, you may just read and “listen” for awhile, and that’s okay. As you grow more comfortable with the group, you can share your fears and tears, and the joys and milestones that you experience. Knowing that there are people living a life like yours can sometimes be comfort enough. And it can give you much needed hope.
About the Author
When Alesia Shute was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 7, her life was redirected as was that of her entire family. She would go on to survive six major surgeries that had never been tested on a child, several minor surgeries and countless hours of pain and months of hospitalization. Alesia had to grow up quickly and adjust to being sickly and different from others. Everything’s Okay is her story of survival that details not only her recovery, but also her struggles through school, boys, marriage, and pregnancy, with some hilarious tales of life and family to boot.
Contact Alesia directly at Alesia@EverythingsOkayBook.com.
When Alesia Shute was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 7, her life was redirected as was that of her entire family. She would go on to survive six major surgeries that had never been tested on a child, several minor surgeries and countless hours of pain and months of hospitalization. Alesia had to grow up quickly and adjust to being sickly and different from others.
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Link Between Childhood Eczema, Hay Fever And Adult Allergic Asthma
Children who have eczema, particularly when occurring with hay fever, are nine times more likely to develop allergic asthma in their 40s, a new study reveals. The study was conducted by the University of Melbourne, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Menzies Research Institute and Monash University. Published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the study reported on evidence from a clinical study of around 1400 grown up participants in the fifth decade follow-up of the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study (TAHS) which is the largest of its kind in the world…
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