Brain cancer and leukemia are the most common cancers diagnosed in the pediatric population and are often treated with lifesaving chemotherapy. However, chemotherapy causes severe adverse effects and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major dose-limiting and debilitating side effect. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• October 2022

The Global Symposium on Childhood Brain Tumours is bringing the world's premier childhood brain tumour researchers and scientists together in Perth. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2013
• February

A state of the art 3D molecular imager that will help researchers monitor how brain tumours grow has been delivered to the Telethon Institute. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2010
• December

Working underground emerged as a significant determinant of lung cancer risk in our contemporary mining cohort ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• August 2017

Our current Research Topic highlights the complexity of the relationship between the skin, immune system and skin cancer ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• September 2019

In this review, we discuss the different subsets of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells and their role in anti-tumor immunity ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• April 2019

Research has shown differences in how fathers and mothers respond to a child's cancer diagnosis. Previous studies have highlighted that sociocultural norm shape fathers' experiences of their child's cancer diagnosis. Our phenomenological qualitative study aimed to examine the lived experiences of fathers whose children have been diagnosed with cancer and explore the impact of sociocultural gender roles. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• January 2023

Over many years, it has been shown that cancer represents a significant proportion of excess mortality for people with mental illness. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• January 2015

A cutting edge cancer imaging facility will help specialist children's cancer researchers at Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. ...

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• 2010
• November

Asbestos exposure is associated with many adverse health conditions including malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer as well as production of autoantibodies. Autoantibodies may serve as biomarkers for asbestos exposure in patients with cancer, and autoimmune dysfunction has been linked to increased rates of various cancers. The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that autoantibodies are more frequent in asbestos-exposed individuals with either lung cancer or mesothelioma than those without these conditions. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• March 2021