Cancer Researchers Receive Grant to Study Indolent Neuroblastoma Grant awarded to CHOP and collaborating institutions will fund research into identifying and treating slowly progressive neuroblastoma, which currently lacks treatment options
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PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A trans-Atlantic collaborative group of researchers led by Children s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received approximately $680,000 from a group of research charities led by Solving Kids Cancer UK to study slowly progressive, or indolent, neuroblastoma, which does not respond to chemotherapy and lacks other treatment options. The grant will fund research that could ultimately lead to better diagnosis of this form of the disease, as well as targeted treatment options.
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CHOP Cancer Researchers Win 2021 AACR Team Science Award
April 9, 2021 GMT
John M. Maris, MD
PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Twelve researchers in the Cancer Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have won the 2021 Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The award, presented annually at the AACR Annual Meeting for collaborative scientific advancements, recognizes the significant contributions to the pediatric cancer research community made by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation-Stand Up 2 Cancer Pediatric Dream Team. The Team is led by CHOP physician-scientist John M. Maris, MD and co-leader Stanford University immunologist and pediatric oncologist Crystal L. Mackall, MD, and supported by a multi-disciplinary group of researchers across 10 North American centers.
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