New Precision Medicine Trial Opens for 20 High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients

Neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer that occurs in children less than 6 years of age. The first challenge is that 20 percent of children are unable to attain remission. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using molecular guided therapy in combination with standard chemotherapy to increase response. The second challenge in neuroblastoma is …

Insatiable

Insatiable adjective 1. not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased. Synonyms voracious, unquenchable, bottomless. Over the past 10 years I have learned things about myself that I never knew before having children. In particular as it relates to my son who has had so much taken from him and the subsequent quest to uncover research dollars I find that ...

DFMO = HOPE

What follows is a guest post from NB Mom Shelly Gegen about her son John and DFMO Almost 3 years ago to the day, our world was turned completely upside down when at the age of five, our youngest son John, was diagnosed with stage IV high risk neuroblastoma. We were devastated to learn that John’s little body was filled ...