Sentences with phrase «pediatric cancer cases»

Over the next three years, we will sequence the tumor genomes of 600 pediatric cancer cases to characterize the inherited and acquired genetic changes that underlie cancer in children.

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Nearly one - third of cases of Wilms tumor, a pediatric cancer of the kidney, are linked to a gene called Lin28, according to research from Boston Children's Hospital.

In the Comer Emergency Department, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, nurses, social workers and other professionals will treat the most complex cases — not only those with traumatic injuries but also patients with all types of severe illnesses who need emergency specialty care, including patients with congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, cancer and neurological disorders.

Together, the cancers account for about 30 percent of the estimated 15,780 cases of pediatric cancers diagnosed annually in the U.S. Five - year survival for pediatric patients with these cancers is now 90 percent or better, according to the American Cancer Society.

Also this week, members of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (PCGP) described the whole - genome sequencing pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), 7 cases with tumor and matched germline DNA.