Pediatric Cancer
News and reporting on pediatric cancer.
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.
The lab-developed test will use Thermo Fisher Scientific's Ion sequencing platform and will be applicable to most childhood cancers.Â
Pediatric Tumor Sequencing 'Clinically Impactful' for Most, Though Few Receive Matched Therapy
Under the PIPseq program, Columbia University researchers sequenced the exome, transcriptome, or a gene panel in tumors of 101 high-risk pediatric cancer patients.