3 June 2025
Cancers | Feature Papers from the First Half of 2024 in the “Pediatric Oncology” Section

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1. “Therapeutic Parent–Child Communication and Health Outcomes in the Childhood Cancer Context: A Scoping Review”
by Heeyeon Son and Nani Kim
Cancers 2024, 16(11), 2152; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16112152
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/11/2152
2. “Telomere Length in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer”
by Meerim Park, Dong-Eun Lee, Yuna Hong, Jin Kyung Suh, Jun Ah Lee, Myungshin Kim and Hyeon Jin Park
Cancers 2024, 16(13), 2344; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16132344
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/13/2344
3. “Non-Syndromic and Syndromic Defects in Children with Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors: Data of 2610 Children Registered with the German MAKEI 96/MAHO 98 Registry Compared to the General Population”
by Judit H. Schultewolter, Anke Rissmann, Dietrich von Schweinitz, Michael Frühwald, Claudia Blattmann, Lars Fischer, Björn Sönke Lange, Rüdiger Wessalowski, Birgit Fröhlich, Wolfgang Behnisch et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(11), 2157; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16112157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/11/2157
4. “VISTA Emerges as a Promising Target against Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Medulloblastoma”
by Natalia Muñoz Perez, Juliana M. Pensabene, Phillip M. Galbo, Jr., Negar Sadeghipour, Joanne Xiu, Kirsten Moziak, Rita M. Yazejian, Rachel L. Welch, W. Robert Bell, Soma Sengupta et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(15), 2629; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152629
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/15/2629
5. “Acute Pancreatitis in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (AcuPA Study): A Nationwide Survey in Poland”
by Anna Morawiak, Małgorzata Salamonowicz-Bodzioch, Aleksandra Królak, Krzysztof Kałwak, Joanna Owoc-Lempach, Jerzy Kowalczyk, Joanna Zawitkowska, Tomasz Szczepański, Ninela Irga-Jaworska, Elżbieta Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(15), 2640; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152640
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/15/2640
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