Childhood Cancer: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 14, 2015

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Childhood Cancer

Childhood Cancer: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 14, 2015

CDC Info

• Cancer prevention starts in childhood

CDC information:Cancer prevention starts in childhood

Next-generation (epi)genetic drivers of childhood brain tumours and the outlook for targeted therapies.
Northcott PA et al. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Jun (6) e293-e302

Genetic susceptibility in childhood acute leukaemias: a systematic review.
Brisson GD et al. Ecancermedicalscience 2015 539

Redefining ALL classification: toward detecting high-risk ALL and implementing precision medicine.
Hunger SP et al. Blood 2015 Jun 25. (26) 3977-87

State of the art discovery with tumor profiling in pediatric oncology.
Carroll WL et al. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2015 e601-7

Genomics in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: insights and treatment implications.
Roberts KG et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2015 Jun (6) 344-357

Childhood Cancer: Role of Genetics - January 20, 2015

NCI information for health professionals: Cancer in children and adolescents- The causes of most childhood cancers are not known. About 5 percent of all cancers in children are caused by an inherited mutation

Childhood cancers: Prevention, genetics, causes, from the National Cancer Institute

Pediatric Cancer Genome Project: Washington University St Louis and St Jude Hospital

Family cancer syndromes, from the American Cancer Society 

CDC information: Cancer prevention starts in childhood

Genetic and nongenetic risk factors for childhood cancer.
Spector LG,et al Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;62(1):11-25

Going back to class I: MHC and immunotherapies for childhood cancer.
Haworth KB, et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Dec 18.

Neuroblastoma: Paradigm for precision medicine.
Irwin MS, et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;62(1):225-256

Retinoblastoma.
Rodriguez-Galindo C, et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;62(1):201-223.

Sarcomas.
HaDuong JH,et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;62(1):179-200

Brain Tumors.
Chintagumpala M, et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;62(1):167-178.