News from KiTZ

Stefan Pfister honored with Thomas and Doris Ammann Prize

 

The University Children's Hospital Zurich and the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation have awarded the Thomas and Doris Ammann Prize to Stefan Pfister,…

BMFTR provides about € 2.2 million in funding for joint project to improve quality of life after radiation treatment

 

What happens in the brain after radiotherapy? Why do many brain tumor patients still struggle with undesirable consequences of therapy, even years…

Searching for clues in cerebrospinal fluid: a new opportunity for precision diagnostics in brain tumors

 

In a recently published scientific study, researchers have succeeded in accurately diagnosing common types of brain tumors in children and adolescents…

“Objectively, this was not to be expected.”

 

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…

Renewed certification as a pediatric oncology center

 

In December, the Clinic for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology at Heidelberg University Hospital and the Hopp Children's Cancer Center…

New atlas for pediatric cancer research

 

An international team of researchers led by the Children's Cancer Center Hamburg and the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) has created…

AI-supported molecular cancer diagnosis for brain tumors

 

Researchers at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Medical Faculty (MFHD) of…

Students raise more than € 20,000 for children's cancer research

 

With extraordinary commitment, the Ernst Göbel School in Höchst/ Odenwald raised a total of € 20,320 for children with cancer through a charity run.…

New Insights into Genetic Predisposition for Childhood Bone Cancer

 

An international research team led by the Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg…

Brain Tumour Charity supports immunotherapy for childhood brain tumors with 1.5 million pounds sterling

 

Ependymomas, brain tumors that occur particularly in young children, are especially difficult to treat and more than half of the children affected…