In 2015 J-A-C-K were delighted to provide funding for a trial to be conducted at University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust has specific and specialised facilities and staff for using molecular radiotherapy in order to help treat Neuroblastoma. JACK provided for a grant in order to employ a research scientist who could explore aspects of dosage, [‘dosimetry’], associated with the use of 177-Lutetium DOTATATE, (LuDO), involving children being treated for Neuroblastoma. In … [Read more...]
Stem-cell transplant is next challenge for Maine toddler fighting cancer
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Six weeks after doctors removed an orange-sized tumor from Madison Arndt’s belly, the 2-year-old will be admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital early next month to undergo a stem-cell transplant. Doctors, along with a growing group of supporters in Brunswick and around the country, hope the transplant will put an end to the Stage III high-risk neuroblastoma, a cancer diagnosed in Madison in July. After an eight- to nine-hour surgery on Nov. 23, during which doctors also … [Read more...]
Nuclear protein causes neuroblastoma to become more aggressive
From: MedicalXpress.com Aggressive forms of neuroblastoma contain a specific protein in their cells' nuclei that is not found in the nuclei of more benign forms of the cancer, and the discovery, made through research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), could lead to new forms of targeted therapy. EYA1, a protein that contributes to ear development, is present in the cytoplasm of many neuroblastoma tumors, but this protein migrates to the nucleus in the cells of more … [Read more...]
Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation Fundraiser Sept. 20 in Chicago
Originally posted in Daily Herald Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer, will be the focus of the #20forhope social media campaign created to raise research dollars and awareness of a disease more common in infants than leukemia but sorely lacking in funding. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, people everywhere -- best buddies, neighbors, co-workers, dance troupes and cast members -- are being … [Read more...]
Kian Musgrove Update
From: Mirror Little Kian Musgrove flew back out to New York at the weekend as US medics desperately try to find a way of saving the four-year-old. A family has been left with fresh heartache after a sick four-year-old boy's body rejected life-saving cancer-killing treatment in America. The news has come as a massive blow after Kian and mum Kat Driscoll only returned from America days ago. The money for the family’s travel came from music mogul Cowell, who was moved by Kian’s fight against … [Read more...]
Eliza Donnelly Support
From Western Telegraph: A Newport couple is hoping to raise £60,000 to fund treatment for their two-year-old daughter, diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer. Eliza Donnelly was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma in July. This is a rare cancer of specialised nerve cells, diagnosed in less than a 100 children a year in the UK. In Eliza's case the cancer has spread throughout her body and into her bone marrow. They spent most of the summer in Noah's Ark Children's Hospital where … [Read more...]
Cyclacel’s CYC065 Demonstrates Promising Activity in MYCN-Addicted Neuroblastoma in Preclinical Data Presented at Childhood Cancer 2016
Data support CYC065 as potential treatment for MYCN amplified/overexpressed neuroblastoma Source: Cyclacel’s CYC065 Demonstrates Promising Activity in MYCN-Addicted Neuroblastoma in Preclinical Data Presented at Childhood Cancer 2016 … [Read more...]
Chad Carr Movement Accelerating Childhood Brain Cancer Research
Gifts in memory of Chad Carr, grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, will help Michigan scientists to fight the deadly DIPG tumor Chad battled. Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As Chad Carr fought brain cancer in the hospital wing named for his grandfather at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, he united and galvanized the Michigan community. Chad, the grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, died at age 5 in 2015, 15 months after his diagnosis, but not before … [Read more...]
Children’s Neuroblastoma Parent Medical Conference
CHICAGO, July 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The only family education and medical conference focused solely on the latest treatments and clinical trials for neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer whose primary victims are infants and toddlers, returns July 14–17 to the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Illinois. Sponsored by the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation with generous support from United Therapeutics Corporation, the annual conference brings families together with the country's leading … [Read more...]
What is Neuroblastoma?
What is Neuroblastoma? Mainly affecting children, neuroblastoma is a relatively rare cancer of the sympathetic nervous system — a nerve network that carries messages from the brain throughout the body. Each year about 600 children in the United States will develop neuroblastoma. Generally developing in young children, it accounts for half of all malignancies in infants. These solid tumors, which take the form of a lump or mass, commonly begin in one of the adrenal glands, though they can also … [Read more...]
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