Sylvia Cheng
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First-of-its-kind pan-Canadian trial to treat baby brain cancers without radiation
Pediatric centres nationwide have united to launch the DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN trial, a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that uses chemotherapy delivered to the brain to avoid radiation in treating babies and young children with aggressive brain cancer. The trial has recruited its first six participants, with enrollment now open at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto,…
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A new dawn for Childhood CNS tumours: Q&A with Dr. Sylvia Cheng
Central nervous system (CNS) tumours are growths of abnormal cells residing in either the brain or spinal cord. Not all tumours are necessarily cancerous; if a tumour lacks the ability to spread to other tissues then it is considered non-cancerous (benign). However, even benign tumours can still be dangerous in the brain or spinal cord…
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One in seven billion: First-in-the-world diagnosis a result of incredible teamwork
For the first couple years of his life growing up in Syria, Ebrahim Aldalati was, as he put it, “a regular baby.” He had no health issues and was just like other kids. But by the time he was two, that all changed.
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