Recent progress in the treatment of cancer in children

E Butler, K Ludwig, HL Pacenta… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although significant improvements have been made in the outcomes of children with cancer,
the pace of improvement has slowed in recent years as the limits of therapy intensification …

Whole genome, transcriptome and methylome profiling enhances actionable target discovery in high-risk pediatric cancer

M Wong, C Mayoh, LMS Lau, DA Khuong-Quang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Zero Childhood Cancer Program is a precision medicine program to benefit
children with poor-outcome, rare, relapsed or refractory cancer. Using tumor and germline …

The European MAPPYACTS trial: precision medicine program in pediatric and adolescent patients with recurrent malignancies

P Berlanga, G Pierron, L Lacroix, M Chicard… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
MAPPYACTS (NCT02613962) is an international prospective precision medicine trial
aiming to define tumor molecular profiles in pediatric patients with recurrent/refractory …

The landscape of pediatric precision oncology: program design, actionable alterations, and clinical trial development

KPS Langenberg, EJ Looze, JJ Molenaar - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Precision medicine is a revolutionary new way to deliver cancer treatment
by targeting specific genetic changes of the cancer of the individual child with the goal of …

Molecular profiling identifies targeted therapy opportunities in pediatric solid cancer

AJ Church, LB Corson, PC Kao, A Imamovic-Tuco… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To evaluate the clinical impact of molecular tumor profiling (MTP) with targeted sequencing
panel tests, pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors were enrolled in a prospective …

[HTML][HTML] ACCELERATE and European Medicines Agency Paediatric Strategy Forum for medicinal product development of checkpoint inhibitors for use in combination …

ADJ Pearson, C Rossig, G Lesa, SJ Diede… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The third multistakeholder Paediatric Strategy Forum organised by ACCELERATE
and the European Medicines Agency focused on immune checkpoint inhibitors for use in …

Opportunities and challenges in drug development for pediatric cancers

TW Laetsch, SG DuBois, JG Bender, ME Macy… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
The use of targeted small-molecule therapeutics and immunotherapeutics has been limited
to date in pediatric oncology. Recently, the number of pediatric approvals has risen, and …

Parents' expectations, preferences, and recall of germline findings in a childhood cancer precision medicine trial

BC McGill, CE Wakefield, KM Tucker, RA Daly… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Germline genome sequencing in childhood cancer precision medicine trials
may reveal pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in cancer predisposition genes in more …

Collaborative, multidisciplinary evaluation of cancer variants through virtual molecular tumor boards informs local clinical practices

S Rao, B Pitel, AH Wagner, SM Boca… - JCO clinical cancer …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The cancer research community is constantly evolving to better understand
tumor biology, disease etiology, risk stratification, and pathways to novel treatments. Yet the …

Relapsed medulloblastoma in pre-irradiated patients: current practice for diagnostics and treatment

RM Hill, SLA Plasschaert, B Timmermann, C Dufour… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Medulloblastoma is the commonest malignant brain tumour of childhood.
Disease relapse following maximal multi-modal therapy including upfront craniospinal …