PanCareLIFE researchers from UKM presented a lecture entitled ‘Progressive post-treatment unilateral/asymmetrical threshold changes following cranial radiation in combination with platin-based chemotherapy’ at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie, Bochum, 4-7 March 2015.
PanCareLIFE researchers from UNIBE presented at the annual Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group conference, 17 January 2015 in Lugano, Switzerland. Rahel Kuonen presented on the “Swiss participation in a European late effects study: PanCareLIFE”. Annette Weiss also presented on “Ototoxicity after cancer in childhood and adolescence in Switzerland”.
Childhood Cancer International (CCI), formerly the International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations, has published a special edition newsletter for International Childhood Cancer Day, 15 Feb 2015. Have a look! CCI February 2015 Newsletter
French versions of our promotional brochure, flyer and poster are now available here: http://www.pancarelife.eu/media-centre/
Created by Childhood Cancer International (http://bit.ly/1ymBOc4), International Childhood Cancer Day is: ‘a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer, and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors and their families. The day promotes increased appreciation and deeper understanding of issues and challenges impacting childhood cancer and the survivors. It also […]
PanCareLIFE reseracher Prof. Thorsten Langer (UzL) gave a presentation ‘Special aspects of ototoxicity in children and adolescents with brain tumours’ at the 1st workshop of HIT-Life, Hamburg, 28-29 Nov 2014.
A new advocacy group for survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer and their families has been founded in Ireland. PanCareLIFE Research Manager Julianne Byrne will join the Advisory Group. The Irish Times has a report here on the new group. For more information, visit the advocacy group’s site Cancare 4 Living.
This article can be accessed through this link. PURPOSE: Fertility impairment and recovery after chemo- and radiotherapy have been reported in both male and female childhood cancer survivors, but little is known about the dynamics. Our aim, therefore, was to describe the development of fertility impairment and possible recovery in childhood brain tumour survivors. METHODS: […]
This article can be accessed through this link. PURPOSE: Fertility impairment and recovery after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) have been reported in both sexes, but little is known about how they develop over time. Our aim was to describe the dynamics of fertility impairment and recovery after HSCT. METHODS: We retrieved treatment and fertility […]
PCL researcher Prof. Dr. med. am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen from UKM presented a lecture ‘Early detection of children at risk to develop significant platinum-induced hearing loss – pharmacogenetic screening options’ at the XXVII Congress of the Union of the European Phoniatricians in Moscow, 2nd to 5th October 2014.
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