Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
Around 600 children in the Netherlands get cancer every year, and one in four children who are diagnosed with cancer dies from this illness. Ten years ago, a group of parents and healthcare professionals started working towards one national children’s cancer center that could accelerate advances in treatment. Those efforts led to the creation of the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology: a unique center that brings together all the highly complex care and research for children with cancer in the Netherlands.
Content by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
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Noninvasive Biopsies Help Detect and Monitor Neuroblastoma
The simple blood tests for childhood cancers are being tested in the clinical setting for the first time
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Genetic Test for All Children with Cancer Improves Diagnosis and Treatment
Analysis of the entire tumor RNA can detect more relevant genetic changes than traditional methods
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New Method Could Help Pick Out Children with High-Risk AML
Comparing DNA changes in blood stem cells and leukemia cells could help pick out children with high-risk AMLPage 1 of 1
