23 November 2021

Hospital celebrates ‘very brave’ Quebec toddler who finished lengthy chemotherapy

While other toddlers her age are focused on learning to walk and talk, two-year-old Maddison Chavez Espinosa’s milestones look little different.

On Monday, for example, she was cheered on by the oncology department at Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital to celebrate finishing chemotherapy. Maddison has spent most of her short life in hospital, learning to cope with surgeries, and numerous treatments, all because of a brain tumor.

11 November 2021

Largest international study of rare childhood brain cancer shows early molecular diagnosis and aggressive therapy could improve patient outcomes

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) researchers have published the first clinical management guidelines for patients with a rare and aggressive childhood brain tumour, based on a study of the largest cohort of patients with ETMR in the world. The study was published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health on September 29, 2021.

11 November 2021

17-year-old won’t play hockey again, but leaves Montreal hospital cancer-free

Philippe Villeneuve is recovering from his 28th and — fingers crossed — final round of chemotherapy for bone cancer. He and his family were taking stock of a tumultuous year Monday at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

12 August 2021

Pediatric ALL Relapse May Be Caused by Mutations From Chemotherapy

Although chemotherapy is the standard treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and has made it one of the most survivable childhood cancers, the chemotherapy drug class thiopurines can cause mutations that result in relapse. The findings were published in Nature Cancer.