Scientists find three subgroups in a children's brain cancer, identify druggable targets
Multi-institutional researchers investigating an incurable brain cancer in children have discovered three distinct subgroups of disease...
Dec 16, 2016
Going beyond genetics yields clues to challenging childhood brain cancer
Changes in the epigenetics suggest a prognostic marker for childhood ependymomas and similarities with DIPG tumors, report scientists....
Nov 24, 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 18, 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...
Nov 1, 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...
Sep 16, 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...
Apr 14, 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 26, 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 2, 2016