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Maternal folate and other vitamin supplementation during pregnancy and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the offspringThe Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (Aus-ALL) was designed to test the hypothesis, raised by a previous Western Australia
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Cyclophosphamide chemotherapy sensitizes tumor cells to TRAIL-dependent CD8 T cell-mediated immune attack resulting in suppression of tumor growthAnti-cancer chemotherapy can be simultaneously lymphodepleting and immunostimulatory.
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Fetal growth and risk of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaThe relation between intrauterine growth and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia was investigated in an Australian population-based case-control...
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Receptor mutation is not a common mechanism of naturally occurring glucocorticoid resistance in leukaemia cell linesGlucocorticoids (GCs) are among the most important drugs for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
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Targeting the effector site with IFN-alphabeta-inducing TLR ligands reactivates tumor-resident CD8 T cell responses to eradicate established solid tumorsEffective antitumor CD8 T cell responses may be activated by directly targeting the innate immune system within tumors.
A first of its kind research program at The Kids Research Institute Australia aims to develop new strategies to better treat Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with cancer.
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Rare case of spontaneous simultaneous extensive subcutaneous emphysema, bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachisNick Gottardo MBChB FRACP PhD Head of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital; Co-head, Brain Tumour Research
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Effective targeting of NAMPT in patient-derived xenograft models of high-risk pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemiaOur study provides evidence that OT-82 is a promising new therapeutic strategy for a broad spectrum of high-risk pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms and symptomatic venous thromboembolism during therapy for ALL and lymphoma in caucasian childrenThe largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted to date associating SNPs to venous thromboembolism in children and adolescents treated on childhood ALL protocols
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Bilateral murine tumor models for characterizing the response to immune checkpoint blockadeThis protocol describes bilateral murine tumor models that display a symmetrical yet dichotomous response to immune checkpoint blockade