A major breakthrough in neuroblastoma research
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that affects children. Researchers have identified a mechanism that could provide a new therapeutic response to ...
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Neuroblastoma: drug targeting RNA modifications shows promise
In a study on mice, a drug molecule was effective in blocking tumor growth, in the case of neuroblastoma. THE ...
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Her baby’s teething was actually a sign of cancer
Just when she thought her eight-month-old son was teething, a mother discovered he had a rare cancer. THE ESSENTIAL Eight-month-old ...
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Childhood cancers: does medical cannabis have any effects on the symptoms?
Scientists note a lack of data on the effects of medical cannabis on the symptoms of childhood cancers. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia: this new treatment could save many children
Researchers have discovered a new treatment for juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a childhood cancer. THE ESSENTIAL A combination of two ...
Read moreCancer scares teens
Proof that it has taken hold in our lives, cancer frightens parents and their children. The survey carried out by ...
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Pediatric cancer: “It’s a club that strikes us down, the world is collapsing”
When their 5-year-old son is diagnosed with acute leukemia, Laurent and his family lose ground. After dark months, this father ...
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Cancer: leg pain is sometimes suggestive
Leg pain, often mistaken for growing pains in children, can be a symptom of cancer. Differentiating between them can save ...
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Creative activities improve the quality of life of young cancer patients
Dance, pottery, collage, drawing, painting… These creative hobbies help children and adolescents with cancer in their care journey. According to ...
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Pediatric cancers in Loire-Atlantique: “no common cause”, concludes the investigation
By investigating the cases of pediatric cancers identified over the period 2015-2019 in seven municipalities of Loire-Atlantique, Public Health France ...
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Phthalates would increase the risk of childhood cancer
Omnipresent in everyday objects, phthalates could increase the risk of certain pediatric cancers, such as osteosarcoma and lymphoma, by 20%. ...
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Childhood cancer: suffering from a brain tumor, “Anatole is gradually coming back to life”
On this world day of mobilization against childhood cancers, Anne and Fabrice Donguy tell their fight against the disease of ...
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Childhood cancer: when the disease is announced, parents “dazed, stunned, flabbergasted”
On the occasion of the world day of mobilization against childhood cancers on February 15, Anne and Fabrice Donguy tell ...
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Pediatric cancers: “Not six months have passed since 2015 without a child declaring cancer!”
In Sainte-Pazanne and the surrounding towns, the collective “Stop our children's cancers” is worried about the many cases of pediatric ...
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Pediatric cancers: Chemotherapy changes heart cells
One in five children who survive cancer develops heart failure. THE ESSENTIAL 20% of children treated with drugs called anthracyclines ...
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Pediatric cancers: “France must continue to heal more and better”
Professor Gilles Vassal, pediatrician, oncologist, pharmacologist and professor, gives us the state of scientific knowledge on pediatric cancers, the geographical ...
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Pediatric cancers in Loire-Atlantique: For Public Health France, there is “no common cause”
Public Health France affirms that the investigations carried out did not "reveal any proven risk". The investigations yielded nothing: Public ...
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Pediatric cancer: no link between growth hormone treatment and recurrence
A child who received growth hormone and was cured of cancer will not necessarily develop another as an adult. This ...
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Pediatric cancers: Macron arrested on the cases in Loire-Atlantique, other investigations in progress in the Jura and the South-East
22 cases of cancer have occurred since 2015 in an area of 15 km around Sainte-Pazanne, in Loire-Atlantique. The parents ...
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How to better manage pediatric cancers?
Thanks to advances in research, 80% of children with cancer in developed countries are now cured. But progress remains to ...
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Cancer: the accelerated right to be forgotten for patients under 21
From September 1, the time limit for benefiting from the right to be forgotten for a credit application will drop ...
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Pediatric cancers in Saint-Rogatien: a study on air quality begins
Conducted by ATMO Nouvelle-Aquitaine, an atmospheric study has just begun in Saint-Rogatien to understand the occurrence of numerous pediatric cancers. ...
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Childhood bone cancer: hope for developing gentler treatments
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have just identified a set of genes that promote the spread of bone ...
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ASCO 2020: promising results in the treatment of certain pediatric brain cancers
French researchers have tried to combine two molecules, dabrafenib and trametinib, to treat children with low-grade glioma, a benign brain ...
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Pediatric cancers: massages to relieve children (and parents)
Twenty French hospitals now train caregivers, but also parents to give massages to children with cancer. This Saturday, February 15 ...
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Pediatric cancers in Loire-Atlantique: parents demand the reopening of investigations
After the abandonment of the epidemiological study, the parents of children victims of pediatric cancer in the sector of Sainte-Pazanne, ...
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Cancers: children born from frozen embryo transfer more at risk
Children born from frozen embryos used during in vitro fertilization (IVF) would have a slightly higher risk than others of ...
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Pediatric cancers in Loire-Atlantique: the anger of parents after the cessation of investigations
Monday evening, November 25, in Saint-Pazanne, in Loire-Atlantique, the health authorities presented the conclusions of the investigation by Public Health ...
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Pediatric cancers: 10 cases identified in 5 municipalities in the Jura
Ten children, aged 6 months to 13 years, all living in the same geographical area north of the Jura, developed ...
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Cancer: a vaccine against gastroenteritis to overcome resistance to immunotherapies
Inserm researchers have just demonstrated the effectiveness of the vaccine against gastroenteritis in the fight against cancer. The latter would ...
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