Nov 18, 2016
Tumour cell of origin in childhood malignant glioma impacts susceptibility to cancer therapy
Children that are diagnosed with the severe the brain tumour malignant glioma often have a very poor prognosis. Knowledge about how...
Nov 1, 2016
Cancer MoonShot 2020 Milestone: Announcing Launch of the Nation’s Largest Pediatric Brain Tumor Atla
The first major project of the Pediatric Cancer MoonShot 2020 Consortium with a $20MM Award from the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of...
Nov 1, 2016
Scientists Tackle Lethal Childhood Brain Cancer
Today, however, the outlook for DIPG and other childhood brain cancers looks more promising, thanks to a surge of new research made...
Nov 1, 2016
Promise of better targeted treatments now possible in children's brain cancer
Writing this week in the journal Cell Reports, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah report they have...
Sep 16, 2016
Brain cancer now the leading childhood cancer killer: CDC
Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a...
Apr 14, 2016
Many survivors of childhood brain cancer have cognitive difficulties, but these can be treated
Cancer in a child’s brain has the potential to impact their overall future health and cause long-term disturbances to the central nervous...
Feb 26, 2016
Childhood cancer changes in response to treatment, UBC study
Of all childhood brain cancers, medulloblastoma — the development of tumours in the back and rear portions of the brain — is the most...
Feb 2, 2016
Study finds significant cognitive impairment in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors
Cancer survivors of childhood brain tumors show significant deficits in intelligence, educational achievement and employment, even...
Feb 1, 2016
Proton beam therapy offers potential to treat childhood brain cancer with fewer severe side effects
Proton beam therapy--a more precise form of radiotherapy--to treat the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma appears to be as safe as...
Jan 27, 2016
Researchers mine the epigenome to identify likely origins of childhood brain tumor subtype
Researchers have identified the cells that likely give rise to the brain tumor subtype Group 4 medulloblastoma. Read more here:...