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New Developments in Precision Medicine Therapy for Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) TARGET Project is a large collaborative effort led by Stephen Hunger, MD.
CHOP Oncology Clinic Now Seeing Patients at the Buerger Center
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The Oncology Clinic is now officially open on the 3rd floor of the Buerger Center! If you have questions about your appointment, please contact us at 267-426-0762.
Multidisciplinary Teams for Rare Diagnoses
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Learn about how the Pediatric Thyroid Center, Pigmented Lesions Clinic, and HLH Treatment Team are helping make a difference in the lives of children with rare cancer diagnoses.
Pigmented Lesions Clinic: A Coordinated Approach to Pediatric Melanoma, MelTUMPS
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As more children present with skin lesions that may have potential for malignancy, CHOP has formed a team to provide a consistent, multidisciplinary approach to evaluation and care.
HLH Treatment Team: Overcoming Hurdles in Diagnosis and Treatment
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Arriving at a diagnosis and deciding on a treatment plan for HLH is a complex process. The newly formed HLH treatment team at CHOP helps physicians order the right tests, interpret the results, and plan treatment.
T Cell Update: CTL019 Achieves Complete Remission in 90 Percent of ALL Patients Studied
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Ninety percent of patients with ALL who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies went into remission after receiving an investigational personalized cellular therapy, CTL019.
Focused Science: BRAF Mutation-specific Approaches for Pediatric Brain Tumors
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A new study by a brain tumor research team at CHOP supports the development of targeted treatment paradigms for BRAF-altered pediatric astrocytomas.
Broad Collaboration: The Childhood Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium
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A growing bank of childhood brain tumor samples and associated clinical data, housed at CHOP, shows the great importance of collaborative efforts and sharing of data in pediatric cancer research.
New Transition Model Among CHOP Efforts to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Services
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A multidisciplinary team led by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has created a social-ecological model of the readiness of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors to transition to adult healthcare.
Paradigms in Developmental Therapeutics: New Therapeutic Approaches and a New Way of Thinking
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As new agents become more specific and target molecular characteristics of specific cancers, clinical trial enrollment may be restricted to children with relapsed cancers that harbor selected mutations.