Penn State College of Medicine is advancing its commitment to cutting-edge cancer research and early-phase clinical trials through a new collaboration aimed at accelerating a promising targeted therapy for pediatric brain cancer. Through its leadership of the Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium and Four Diamonds in partnership with Targepeutics, the College of Medicine will help advance [...]
The Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB) at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu has become the first center outside North America to join the Beat Childhood Cancer (BCC) Research Consortium, an international pediatric cancer research organization that, until now, included only institutions from the United States and Canada. See full article.
In a step toward fighting solid tumors in children and young adults, Penn State College of Medicine, the Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium and Four Diamonds, along with Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. are launching a pioneering clinical trial. The study aims to evaluate the investigational drug, silmitasertib, in combination with FDA-approved drugs for solid tumors. This innovative trial seeks to establish a [...]
Since the first time she treated a child with neuroblastoma, Giselle Saulnier Sholler wanted to do the impossible for her patients. Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children with roughly 700 new diagnoses every year. The survival rate is 30% and for patients who relapse following conventional standard of care treatments, the survival rate [...]
Giselle Saulnier Sholler, professor of pediatrics and of pharmacology, reflects on 20 years working to change cancer outcomes for children HERSHEY, Pa. — In 2003, the first year of her fellowship in pediatric oncology, two of Giselle Saulnier Sholler’s first three patients had died from neuroblastoma, closely matching the 30% survival rate expected at the [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USWM, LLC (US WorldMeds) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved IWILFIN™ (eflornithine) 192 mg tablets, a groundbreaking oral maintenance therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. IWILFIN is indicated to reduce the risk of relapse in adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma who have demonstrated at least a partial [...]
Cris Collingwood//August 2, 2023 An internationally known physician-scientist and her research consortium have joined Penn State Health to continue efforts to eradicate pediatric cancer. Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine said Dr. Giselle Saulnier Sholler and her research team will be on board Sept. 1 to provide greater access to pediatric care and research, including [...]
Will Lacey was just a baby when doctors diagnosed a rare form of cancer and told his family there was only one end. Nobody then could imagine the journey ahead, from hospital rooms to board rooms, research labs to government offices, a furious race between hope and death. WRITTEN BY BILLY BAKERILLUSTRATED BY TONIA COWAN Boston [...]
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