Survivorship studies dig in on data
Two survivorship studies are revealing valuable information about late effects of pediatric cancer treatment through data on the health of childhood cancer survivors.
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Category: Clinical Care
Helping patients weigh their options
Surviving cancer can cause health issues down the road, and one of the biggest concerns can be starting a family.
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Having those critical conversations about fertility after cancer
As survival rates increase for childhood cancer patients, clinicians are seeing late effects of therapy – and they’re doing something about it.
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Memphis to Myanmar: A Year in the life of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer
Catherine Lam, MD, of St. Jude Global, has spent a year in Geneva—and in airports—enrolling low- and middle-income countries into the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer to help them improve access to care.
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Highlighting the worldwide childhood cancer problem and how St. Jude is working toward a solution
St. Jude and the WHO are collaborating to reach and cure more pediatric cancer patients across the globe.
Read MoreLet’s cross that bridge now: having ‘what if’ conversations with patients and families
Justin Baker, MD, pediatric oncologist at St. Jude, gives advice on how to have difficult conversations with patients and their families. He calls them, “what if” conversations.
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How do you tackle a rare cancer?
Pediatric cancer physician calls for more information to continue to make progress against rare childhood cancers.
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Psychology’s 10th anniversary: Department chair remembers modest beginnings, remarkable growth
For more than a decade, St. Jude psychologists have provided top-notch clinical care and conducted cutting-edge research on behalf of patients and families facing life-threatening diseases.
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A not-so-bitter pill to swallow
This research involves candy – nerds, to be exact.
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Bringing acupuncture to kids with childhood cancer
Quality of Life and Palliative Care will offer medical acupuncture to help manage side effects of cancer treatment beginning in 2020.
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What I’m telling my patients and families about sunscreen
A recent study finds some of the active chemicals in sunscreen are absorbed into the bloodstream. A pediatric dermatologist lets parents know what the options are.
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New chemotherapies change the paradigm of cancer treatment
New treatments have led to new thinking and new approaches to pediatric cancer – and sometimes, a cure isn’t the goal.
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