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Pediatric meningioma: Current approaches and future directionWith improvement in leukemia therapy, central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the leading cause of cancer mortality in children and the most expensive...
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Invasive fungal infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Results from four Australian centres, 2003-2013Invasive fungal infections are more common in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and in relapsed disease
A pilot clinical study has found an immunotherapy drug can dramatically increase survival rates for babies with a rare form of leukaemia, paving the way for a major international clinical trial.
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Therapeutic opportunities from dissecting the pre-B leukaemia bone marrow microenvironmentLaurence Rishi S. Sébastien Cheung Kotecha Malinge BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD PhD Co-Head, Leukaemia Translational Research
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Exploring clonal diversity in paediatric B-cell leukaemia to identify new therapeutic weaknessSébastien Rishi S. Laurence Timo Malinge Kotecha Cheung Lassmann PhD MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
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Pioneering paediatric oncologist receives top cancer research awardAssociate Professor Rishi Kotecha, Co-Head of Leukaemia Translational Research at The Kids Research Institute Australia Cancer Centre and Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Perth Children's Hospital, has been named Cancer Council WA’s 2024 Cancer Researcher of the Year.
Ten-year-old Xander has been through more than most kids of his age – specifically, three-and-a-half years of gruelling chemotherapy to treat leukaemia.
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Precision-guided treatment in high-risk pediatric cancersRecent research showed that precision medicine can identify new treatment strategies for patients with childhood cancers. However, it is unclear which patients will benefit most from precision-guided treatment.
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Efficacy of acute myeloid leukemia therapy without stem-cell transplantation in a child with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasmOur case demonstrates that AML therapy, without HSCT, can be sufficient to treat this rare disease in children.
The main aim of our Leukaemia Translational Research Team is to test innovative therapeutic approaches, with a focus on clinical translation of this knowledge, to improve the outcomes of children suffering from leukaemia.