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The Effect of Pediatric Cancer on Identity in Young Adult Survivors: Results from Project REACH

Contrary to their hypothesis, researchers found that identifying as a survivor for young adults who had pediatric cancer is linked to higher anxiety and worse overall mental health.

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Adolescent Athletes Return to Sports Rapidly After Posterior Spine Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis

Orthopedics Institute researchers found athletes can safely return to sports 1 to 2 months after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, much earlier than has been permitted previously by surgeons around the country.

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A Novel PLK1 Inhibitor Onvansertib Effectively Sensitizes MYC-Driven Medulloblastoma to Radiotherapy

Researchers found that the new oral PLK1 Inhibitor onvansertib shows therapeutic promise for treating medulloblastoma when combined with radiation treatment.

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Acetaminophen Toxicity in Premature Lungs

Acetaminophen is often used in neonatal intensive care units to treat newborns with patent ductus arteriosus. But given its impact on the liver, researchers at Children’s Hospital Colorado investigated how it affects premature lungs.

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The Cancer that Changes its Spots: How Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Changes to Acute Myeloid Leukemia

For years, doctors have faced a difficult challenge in treating a subtype of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is known to change to acute myeloid leukemia –– easily evading CAR T-cells and significantly limiting treatment options.

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Therapeutic Approach to Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

The Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado achieves some of the best survival rates for the most severe cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia –– thanks to early therapeutic repair on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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3D Intracardiac Echocardiography: Changing the Standard of Care for Cardiac Catheterizations

Children’s Hospital Colorado was the first pediatric hospital to use the recently FDA-approved 3D intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter from Phillips. With superior, high-resolution imaging, 3D ICE allows cardiac interventionalists to better navigate complex cardiac procedures without any significant additional time, risk or access points.

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Optimizing Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes with Living Donors

Researchers from the largest volume center for pediatric living-donor liver transplants found that offering living donations at a high-volume transplant center can reduce time on the waiting list and improve outcomes.

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Predictors of Survival Following Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Experience from the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Researchers reviewed data from children who had liver transplant for two types of liver tumors: hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite varying outcomes, the data support liver transplantation to treat advanced tumors.

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Testing Levels of Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies in Pregnant Patients to Identify Risk of Fetal Atrioventricular Block

Researchers defined anti-Ro/SSA antibody thresholds that can accurately identify pregnancies unlikely to develop fetal atrioventricular block, thereby reducing the need for costly and time-consuming ongoing fetal echo surveillance in pregnant patients.