CCCR News and Updates
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Dynamic Changes, Regulatory Rewiring Occur as T Cells Respond to Infection
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A CHOP researcher mapped out biological changes in key immune cells, offering possible clues for better vaccines and cancer immunotherapy.
Younger T Cells May Improve Immunotherapy for Children’s Cancer
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CHOP is working to improve personalized cell therapy for children. Using younger T cells may offer better results against certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.
Home or Away? Award to Study Post-chemo Recovery for Children with Leukemia
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After children with leukemia receive chemotherapy, are they better off remaining in the hospital, or going home? CHOP is leading a multicenter study of both safety and family preferences.
New Drug May Overcome Treatment Resistance in a High-risk Children’s Cancer
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CHOP researchers have identified a powerful new drug with “unparalleled” strength against refractory types of neuroblastoma.
Change in a Single DNA Base Drives a Childhood Cancer
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CHOP pediatric oncology researchers have pinpointed a crucial change in a single DNA “letter” that predisposes children to an aggressive form of neuroblastoma.
Researchers Reveal How B-ALL Leukemia Tumors Resist Immunotherapy
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Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD, a Cancer Cell Biologist, and Elena Sotillo, PhD, a Senior Scientist in his lab at CHOP, have revealed one of the reasons why these treatment failures may occur: alternative splicing.
Four Seasons Parkway Run & Walk Raises Over $1 Million
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The Four Seasons Parkway Run & Walk raised over $1 million and proceeds support research and survivorship programs at CHOP’s Cancer Center.
CHOP Is a Founding Member of New NIH-Funded Research Consortium to Test New Cancer Treatments for Children
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Building on its decades-long investigations in the biology and treatment of neuroblastoma, CHOP will lead the consortium’s neuroblastoma research program.
Pinpointing Mutations in a Relapsed Cancer May Lead to Better Treatments
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CHOP neuroblastoma researchers have detailed how cancer-driving mutations evolve during chemotherapy, and they aim to exploit this knowledge to design better treatments for children.
ATA Publishes Guidelines for Managing Thyroid Nodules and Cancer in Children
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The American Thyroid Association released its first guidelines for evaluating and managing thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer in children.