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Brain Cancer Awareness Month Q&A: Dr Hetal Dholaria’s vital work for WA KidsEach year in Australia, around 120 children are diagnosed with brain cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related death in young people.
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WA families to help find triggers for childhood leukaemiaWest Australian families are being asked to play a vital role in a major new national study to unravel the causes of childhood leukaemia.
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Suppressing recurrence in Sonic Hedgehog subgroup medulloblastoma using the OLIG2 inhibitor CT-179OLIG2-expressing tumor stem cells have been shown to drive recurrence in Sonic Hedgehog (SHH)-subgroup medulloblastoma (MB) and patients urgently need specific therapies to target this tumor cell population.
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Propofol, Anesthesia, and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Patients with Pediatric Leukemia: Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees?Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg AM FAHMS MD, PhD, DEAA, FANZA Chair of Paediatric anaesthesia, University of Western Australia; Consultant
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Anti-metabolite chemotherapy increases LAG-3 expressing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes which can be targeted by combination immune checkpoint blockadeAntibodies that target immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4, programmed cell death protein/ligand 1 are approved for treatment of multiple cancer types.
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It is more “unbalanced” than you thinkSébastien Malinge PhD Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in Leukaemia, Ursula Kees Fellow (CCRF), Cancer Council WA Fellow (CCWA), Senior

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Australia urged to invest more in early childhood years to avoid crisisThe first major national study into the cost of providing late intervention services to children and young people has called for smarter and wiser expenditure to ensure children receive vital support services at a much earlier stage.
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Impaired T cell proliferation by ex vivo BET-inhibition impedes adoptive immunotherapy in a murine melanoma modelWe established a pipeline to assess the effects of epigenetic modifiers on CD8+ T cell proliferation, differentiation, and efficacy in a preclinical melanoma model
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Whole genome and biomarker analysis of patients with recurrent glioblastoma on bevacizumab: A subset analysis of the CABARET trial.Whole genome sequencing of poor and exceptional survivors identified a gain in Chromosome 19 that was exclusive to the exceptional survivors
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Cochrane corner: platinum-induced hearing loss after treatment for childhood cancerThis systematic review shows that children treated with platinum analogues are at risk of developing hearing loss
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Regular exercise improves the well-being of parents of children with cancerMental health benefits of a pedometer-based exercise intervention for parents of children with cancer were identified.