Study of the Week: Researchers Identify Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pediatric Bone Cancer Outcomes
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Study of the Week: Researchers Identify Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pediatric Bone Cancer Outcomes

Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…

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Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Health Inequities Lead Some Children to Have Worse Osteosarcoma Care, Outcomes
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Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Health Inequities Lead Some Children to Have Worse Osteosarcoma Care, Outcomes

The first thing that you should know: osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer) is treatable. In fact, when you treat osteosarcoma early enough, it is curable; children can live long,…

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Editor’s Choice: A Treatment for Mitochondrial Disease, Rare Pediatric Disease Designation in Osteosarcoma, and a “Chaotic” Birth

Happy Monday! This week, we have stories on a potential treatment approach for an aggressive form of mitochondrial disease, an experimental treatment for osteosarcoma earning Rare Pediatric Disease designation, and…

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FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Cellectar’s CLR 131 for the Sixth Time

  The biopharmaceutical company Cellectar Biosciences recently announced that the FDA granted its lead phospholipid drug conjugate, CLR 131, Orphan Drug Designation(ODD) for treatment of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. ODD is granted by…

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‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Donates $1 Million to Help Develop Efficient Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
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‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Donates $1 Million to Help Develop Efficient Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has donated a million dollars for a research project dedicated towards a new way of deploying the immune system against pancreatic cancer. This is welcome…

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