Cancer Survival and Socioeconomic Status

Racial and ethnic disparities have long plagued health care, but according to Children’s Cancer Research Fund Chief Medical Advisor Logan Spector, PhD, no one knew quite how much or how exactly these disparities affected African-American and Hispanic children with cancer. So Dr. Spector’s team delved into this question: Why do African-American and Hispanic children die of cancer more often? Is the disparity caused by socioeconomic …

Starving Cancer Cells – Blocking Glutamine in Aggressive B Cell Lymphoma

Glutamine, an amino acid, is in many of the foods we eat, like eggs, beef and milk. We need it to build proteins that make up our organs, it helps us heal from certain kinds of injuries and it supports immune system functions. However, for patients fighting aggressive B cell lymphoma, it may also feed the fast-growing cancer cells in their bodies. Ji Zhang, PhD, …