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Children's Cancer Foundation / 09/09/2025
In paediatric cancer wards around the world, there's a bittersweet moment that every family of a child who has undergone a stem cell treatment knows. After celebrating a successful procedure, their doctor delivers good news that carries a shadow of fear: "The transplant worked. Now we wait – the next 100 days will be the most challenging."
Children's Cancer Foundation / 09/09/2025
While childhood cancer cure rates have reached an impressive 85%, most children are treated with drugs originally developed for adults, and the journey to recovery remains fraught with uncertainty about how each child's body will respond to treatment. But what if doctors could predict exactly how each child's body would respond to treatment before the first dose was given?
Children's Cancer Foundation / 14/02/2024
The Brain Cancer Vaccine Project will see scientists develop a world-first vaccine that trains the body to recognise tumour molecules and eliminate them by harnessing the body’s immune system to fight the disease.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 22/10/2022
The lives of kids living with cancer will be transformed with a $45m boost — the biggest investment ever made to children’s cancer research in Victoria.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 03/04/2020
PRISM is a trial for young cancer patients exceeding the expectations and hopes of research staff at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 05/11/2019
Beyond chemotherapy lies a complex world of treatment pathways. Dr Dhanya Sooraj, is investigating a more personalised treatment approach.
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