Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children, and effective treatments for many forms of cancer are still lacking today. This…
How do antimetabolite cancer drugs damage the genetic material of malignantly transformed cells and thereby destroy them? How might these drugs be…
From April 20 to May 16, people across Germany can once again buy and give flowers to support children and adolescents with cancer. With the campaign…
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, families are often overwhelmed by a flood of worries and questions. Reliable and easy-to-understand information…
Felix Sahm of the Heidelberg Medical Faculty at Heidelberg University, Department of Neuropathology at Heidelberg University Hospital, as well as a…
The University Children's Hospital Zurich and the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation have awarded the Thomas and Doris Ammann Prize to Stefan Pfister,…
What happens in the brain after radiotherapy? Why do many brain tumor patients still struggle with undesirable consequences of therapy, even years…
In a recently published scientific study, researchers have succeeded in accurately diagnosing common types of brain tumors in children and adolescents…
Mailo is the first adolescent cancer patient worldwide with a solid tumor to be treated with a novel immune cell therapy. The method is proving…
In December, the Clinic for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology at Heidelberg University Hospital and the Hopp Children's Cancer Center…
