Latest The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program Stories
A new drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma – one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer – by boosting the effectiveness of a promising new gene-targeted treatment. Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research in London have found a way to overcome the resistance of cancer cells to a drug called crizotinib, which recently showed positive early results in its first trial in children with cancer. Crizotinib has already been licensed by the US Food and...
HOUSTON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Eugene Kim, a pediatric surgeon with Texas Children's Cancer Center and assistant professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and Dr. Jason Shohet, chair of the Neuroblastoma Research Program at Texas Children's Cancer Center and associate professor in the Section of Hematology-Oncology at BCM, will speak at the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research (ANR) conference about the identification of a novel stem cell...
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A pill designed to zero in on abnormal genes that drive specific cancers has produced encouraging early results in children with an uncommon but aggressive type of lymphoma, as well as in children with a rare form of neuroblastoma. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/50776-childrens-hospital-philadelphia-lymphoma-neuroblastoma-oncology-gene-trial (Photo:...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have identified the first gene mutation associated with a chronic and often fatal form of neuroblastoma that typically strikes adolescents and young adults. The finding provides the first clue about the genetic basis of the long-recognized but poorly understood link between treatment outcome and age at diagnosis. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Yahoo! Sports presents A Day of Champions, Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Sports Museum of Los Angeles benefiting The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program. The event honors WME's Adam Venit and his wife, designer and philanthropist Trina Venit with the 2011 Children's Choice Award. Craig Ross and Ross Levinsohn chair. The unique, family-oriented sports themed day-long event includes open access to the largest private collection of sports...
Two Baylor College of Medicine physicians have received support from the nonprofit group Cookies for Kids' Cancer for their research on neuroblastoma – a common type of solid tumor in children. Dr. Leonid Metelitsa, associate professor of pediatrics at BCM and a pediatric oncologist at Texas Children's Cancer Center, and Dr. Jed Nuchtern, professor of pediatrics and of surgery at BCM, who is a surgical oncologist at the center, each received $100,000 from the organization. The funding...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia kicks off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with a new campaign called 30 Days, 1 Cause to bring the issue of funding for pediatric cancer research to the forefront. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110901/DC61398) Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children. Although significant progress has been made in the last 50 years, 20 percent of children still die from...
PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Soupy for Loopy Foundation donated $50,000 to the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to fund research in neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer of the nervous system. The $50,000 gift will support two research projects aimed at developing more effective radiation treatments to kill neuroblastoma cells. The treatments, abbreviated as I-MIBG and MABG, selectively attack neuroblastoma tumors while minimizing injury to...
One of the largest pediatric cancer centers in the U.S. advances research in neuroblastoma Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 31, 2011 Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to raising funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research, has awarded $200,000 in grants to the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the largest pediatric cancer centers in the United States, and home to the Center for Childhood Cancer Research. "Physician-scientists...
PHILADELPHIA, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to raising funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research, has awarded $200,000 in grants to the Cancer Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the largest pediatric cancer centers in the United States, and home to the Center for Childhood Cancer Research. "Physician-scientists within the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at The Children's Hospital of...
