Jun 21, 2024
Advances in medulloblastoma treatment for children
Dr. Schwartz explains how medulloblastoma is treated, the latest treatment advances and what families should look for in a care team....
Jun 18, 2024
Study finds pediatric brain tumors rely on different metabolic 'route' to fuel treatment resistance
Rogel researchers, led by Daniel Wahl, M.D., Ph.D., wanted to understand how this mutation affects DIPG tumor metabolism and influences...
Jun 13, 2024
The 10-minute test for childhood tumours
Children with cancer could have an accurate brain tumour diagnosis in 10 minutes, thanks to new research. Read more:...
Jun 5, 2024
Scientists uncover new treatment pathway for rare 'spider web' childhood brain tumors
Researchers have identified the unique features of an exceptionally rare set of childhood brain tumors—a discovery that could pave the...
Jun 4, 2024
Researchers combine herpes virus with cancer vaccine to treat brain cancer in children
Researchers in the US and UK are exploring a new type of cancer treatment as part of a £1.1m funded project by combining a herpes virus...
Jun 3, 2024
CAR T cell therapy for pediatric brain cancer warrants further study
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s...
May 22, 2024
Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within
We developed a new messenger-RNA, or mRNA, cancer vaccine, described in newly published research, that can deliver treatments more...
May 17, 2024
Targeting specific protein regions offers a new treatment approach in medulloblastoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovered a new compound that selectively targets parts of a cancer-related protein,...
May 15, 2024
FDA approves tovorafenib for most common form of childhood brain tumor
This decision from the federal agency marks the first FDA approval of a systemic therapy to treat patients with pediatric LGG with BRAF...
May 14, 2024
‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England
Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study shows. Read...