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OT student Maddie Gies holds up a white dry erase board that pediatric cancer patients can fill out to indicate fatigue levels

Gauging Fatigue

March 20, 2024

Parents and providers often underestimate the fatigue that pediatric cancer patients are experiencing. An OT student created a coloring book to help.

Illustration of a ribbon and group of people pictured in colors associated with Rare Disease Day. Licensed from istockphoto.com

Rare Disease Symposium

January 31, 2024

Symposium will bring together researchers and patient advocates to inform policy and chart the way forward for patients with rare diseases.

Dr. Jacqueline Kraveka

New Drug Approval

December 20, 2023

A newly approved drug to prevent neuroblastoma relapse is a huge win for patients and their families, says Jacqueline Kraveka, D.O.

portrait of HPV prevention behaviors researchers Dr. Kalyani Sonawane at Medical University of South Carolina

Vaccine Availability

July 25, 2023

Bare minimum reimbursement rates could be a factor in why some clinics may be struggling to offer HPV vaccination in the U.S.

Dr. Ford and others standing in front of the MUSC Hollings community health van

Vax Van

May 03, 2023

MUSC initiative aims to increase human papillomavirus vaccination rates in underserved communities.

portrait of a young teen leaning against a wall in a hospital

Cancer Collaboration

March 17, 2023

Adult and pediatric doctors pooled their expertise to ensure a young patient would have few physical reminders of an extraordinary lung cancer surgery.

Photo of Dr. Blanco in her lab

Medulloblastoma Research

July 20, 2022

Jezabel R. Blanco is determined to find better treatments for children with medulloblastoma.

a female doctor sits at a low table with a child in a playroom

Pediatric Cancer Rankings

June 23, 2022

The children's cancer team attained the best outcomes in the Southeast, according to recently released rankings.

Three test tubes are pictured, the first with plasma, the second with plasma and chemotherapy, and the third with the filtered plasma. Modified from Figure 4d of the Motamarry et al article in Cancers under an open access Creative Common CC BY license.

Blood Cleanse

April 06, 2022

MUSC researchers have developed a way to remove toxic chemotherapeutic drugs from the blood after cancer treatment to prevent them from reaching the heart.

Dr. Nancy Klauber-DeMore stands next to a microscope in her lab

Osteosarcoma Breakthrough

June 21, 2021

Personal loss inspired a Hollings researcher to apply breast cancer findings toward a potential new osteosarcoma treatment.

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