Collaboration is key to improving the care of children with rare cancers
The EU funded PARTNER project is set to improve research quality and treatment outcomes for children who have rare tumours, explain Professor Gianni Bisogno, Professor Ruth Ladenstein and Dr Andrea Ferrari. The Parliament Magazine, 11 February...
Caring for children in Europe with very rare tumours
Improving diagnosis and treatment outcomes for children with very rare tumours demands an international, collaborative response. SIOP Europe, PARTNER and ERN PaedCan explain why. SciTech Europa, 16 November...
Improving the care of children in Europe with rare cancer
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TREP (Tumori rari dell’età pediatrica) Project (video clip in Italian)
The Celeghin Foudation supports the research on pediatric very rare tumors
The Giovanni Celeghin Foundation, established in 2012 in Padua, pursues as its primary objective fund-raising in favour of research projects on the oncological diseases. Its main focus is on brain tumours but also on rare neoplasia, especially those in the early...
A large clinical research on children and adolescents with thymic tumors has been published by the ExpeRT group
Thymoma and thymic carcinoma in children and adolescents: a report from the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2015 Nov;51(16):2444-52. Authors: Stachowicz-Stencel T, Orbach D, Brecht I, Schneider D, Bien E, Synakiewicz...
Adrenocortical Tumors
What is an adrenocortical tumor (ACT)? ACTs are a group of tumours originating from the adrenal cortex- that is the outerlayer of the adrenal gland. They rarely occur in children and adolescents Who gets an ACT and why? There are two peaks of incidence in young...