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Celebrating the Little Warriors

Yesterday was Universal Children’s Day, giving us pause to celebrate the courage and inventiveness of children, even when fighting cancer. Radiation specialists at Clatterbridge Cancer Center in the U.K. built a small radiography machine out of LEGO® bricks to help children understand how the technology works and treats their cancer.

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Great Advancement For Patients and Hospital in Malta

Patients in Malta have traditionally had to travel to London, England to gain access to advanced medical equipment like image guided surgery systems.

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Novel Cancer Research: Chemical Compound Injection with Ultraviolet Treatment

As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers are conducting experiments that involve injecting triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with a chemical compound.

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Crowd Funding for Rare Pediatric Brain Cancer

The social media phenomenon Humans of New York (HONY) teamed up with the Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital, also in New York, last year to raise over $4 million in just three weeks for pediatric cancer research.

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August is Neurosurgery Awareness Month

Each August, the American Association of Neurosurgeons (AANS) observes Neurosurgery Awareness Month. This year, the AANS is focusing on stroke.

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