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pediatric cancer

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A doctor in a white coat stands beside a large presentation screen in a hospital office.

Experimental 'radiation missile' therapy offers hope to children with hard-to-treat cancers

Funded by donations from the family of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, the treatment injects patients with a drug that seeks out and delivers radiation directly to cancer cells.

2026.7.3

Profs. Lee Joo-ho, left, and Lee Jung pose for a photo at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno District, central Seoul, during an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo on April 21. [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

Samsung foundation-sponsored research helps children with brain tumors lead longer, better lives

A brain tumor no longer marks the boundary between life and death. The question now is how to ensure child survivors can live fulfilling lives.

2026.5.3

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The pediatric precision oncology symposium, hosted by the Lee Kun-hee Childhood Cancer & Rare Disease Project, takes place at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in central Seoul on Dec. 5. [SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE]

Samsung family-funded pediatric cancer research program makes great strides in diagnosis

The parents of a 15-month-old girl who spent months without a diagnosis finally learned their daughter had a rare subtype of leukemia after joining a national pediatric cancer project funded by the family of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee.

2025.12.10

Doctor Phi Ji-hoon poses for a photo at Seoul National University Children's Hospital in central Seoul on March 28. [JOONGANG ILBO]

When one doctor isn’t enough: How 'collective intelligence' is tackling rare childhood cancers

No single doctor can diagnose and treat every disease. For rare conditions like pediatric solid tumors, medical experts find themselves challenged.

2025.3.31

An MRI of a pediatric patient with a brain tumor called medulloblastoma shows the spread of cancerous cells to the spinal cord. [SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL]

With Samsung family donation, SNUH professors find breakthrough in pediatric brain cancer

Prof. Kim Seung-ki, a neurosurgeon at Seoul National University Hospital, led the discovery of a shared biological component among pediatric patients with medulloblastoma with funding from the family of the former Samsung chairman, Lee Kun-hee.

2025.3.3

A sculpture of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee installed at a lobby at Seoul National University Hospital's Children Hospital in central Seoul [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

Korea's new standardized treatment to turn tide in fight against child leukemia

Pediatric doctors across Korea joined forces to develop a new way of combating leukemia, the most common child cancer in the country that makes up around 40 percent of yearly cancer diagnoses.

2024.7.30

Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, right, speaks with Don Reilly, Hyundai Hope on Wheels co-founder, at Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. [HYUNDAI MOTOR]

Hyundai Motor celebrates 25 years of 'Hope On Wheels'

As Hyundai Motor’s charity program dedicated for childhood cancer patients marked its 25th anniversary this year, the carmaker celebrated its quarter-century milestone in Washington D.C. on Thursday.

2023.9.22

Tag: pediatric cancer

pediatric cancer

Latest News

Experimental 'radiation missile' therapy offers hope to children with hard-to-treat cancers

Samsung foundation-sponsored research helps children with brain tumors lead longer, better lives

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Samsung family-funded pediatric cancer research program makes great strides in diagnosis

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