Pediatric Cancer
Children's Hospital LA Researcher Wins $2.8M NIH Grant for Retinoblastoma Liquid Biopsy Study
The international study will sample the aqueous humor found in children's eyes and follow participants for at least two years to monitor for cancer recurrence.
Transcriptomic Classification of Pediatric Cancers Shows Potential to Improve Clinical Diagnoses
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In a new paper, computational biologists at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children described their atlas of childhood cancer subtypes and a corresponding search tool.
The lead investigators have also spun out a company, Isabl, aiming to make the approach available to the broader community.
NIH Launches New Childhood Cancer Genomics Program
Pediatric and young adult patients treated at facilities affiliated with the NCI-sponsored Children's Oncology Group gain new, broad access to tumor molecular profiling.
Blood-Based Sequencing Test Identifies Pediatric Cancer Infections Before Symptoms
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers evaluated a microbial cell-free DNA sequencing test from infectious disease diagnostics firm Karius.