ICR awarded $25m by Cancer Grand Challenges to research solid tumours in children pharmatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pharmatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Enna hops and jumps around to music and seems like all the other Dancing Mosquitos, a team of youngsters practising their moves for a festival. It is also a chance to let off some steam for Enna, 7, as tensions run high in her life. At the age of 4 she was diagnosed with a brain tumour, explaining why she had been suffering from nausea, vomiting and headaches. "It was terrible, I couldn't breathe, it was the beginning of a nightmare," says Daniela, Enna's mother, of the moment she heard the news
<p><strong>Worldwide, about 40 percent of all children and adolescents with cancer die from their disease. Accurate cancer diagnostics and access to appropriate therapies could significantly improve the success of treatment. With the recently launched "MNP Outreach" program, the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) aim to provide low-income countries worldwide with free access to modern precision diagnostics. This project is supported by Illumina and the organization BILD hilft e.V. “Ein Herz für Kinder". </strong></p>
<p><em>The Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) is a joint institution of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the University of Heidelberg (Uni HD).</em></p>
Brain tumors in children: Cancer cells become less aggressive as they migrate within the tumor, finds study medicalxpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicalxpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.