April 23rd 2024
The FDA has approved lutetium Lu 177 dotatate for pediatric patients with somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
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Does pediatric psoriasis increase cancer risk? (VIDEO)
November 10th 2017For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a large retrospective cohort study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology that examined whether children with pediatric psoriasis are at increased risk of cancer and discusses 2 caveats to the findings.
Why do so many kids die so soon following a cancer diagnosis?
June 14th 2017While improvements have been made to childhood cancer mortality rates, a recent research study aims to identify how many children die before being able to start treatment, and what interventions can be put in place to improve their chances.
Breast, colon cancer rare but aggressive in kids
November 13th 2014Breast and colorectal cancers, although rare in children, are also more aggressive than in adults, according to 2 studies based on patient records from the National Cancer Data Base that were presented at the recent Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
CT scans increase risk of pediatric cancers
June 21st 2012In children younger than 15 years, 2 to 3 computed tomography (CT) scans of the head might triple the risk of brain tumors; 5 to 10 of them might triple the risk of leukemia. New research tries to answer the ongoing question of whether radiation from diagnostic scans causes these pediatric cancers.
Cell phones do not put young people at greater risk of brain cancer, study says
August 4th 2011Perennial concerns about whether cell phones cause brain cancer often focus on children and adolescents. In the first-of-its-kind study, Swiss researchers found that answer is no, and they also offer some advice to parents who are anxious.
Childhood cancer survivors at increased risk for GI complications
June 3rd 2011Health care providers should be aware that survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) complications later in life and provide appropriate follow-up care, a study published in Gastroenterology indicates.
FDA approves Gardasil for prevention of anal cancer
December 29th 2010The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of the vaccine Gardasil in the population ages 9 through 26 years for the prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) precancerous lesions grades 1, 2, and 3 caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18.