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 15, 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...
May 14, 2024
PET/MRI detects brain injury in pediatric cancer survivors
PET/MRI could be a tool for diagnosing brain injury in young cancer survivors due to high-dose methotrexate treatment, according to...
May 6, 2024
A Study Will Explore How a Brain Tumor Can Trigger Severe Child Obesity
A pilot grant funded in part by the University of Colorado Cancer Center will support a study that will look at factors contributing to...
May 2, 2024
RNA-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors in Mice
Targeting a non-encoding stretch of RNA may help shrink tumors caused by an aggressive type of brain cancer in children, according to new...
Mar 27, 2024
Study: Improved Chemotherapy and Surgery Eliminating Need for Radiation for Low-Grade Gliomas
Successful outcomes from evolving surgical and chemotherapy treatments for pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) have greatly reduced the...
Mar 8, 2024
To really save the lives of children with brain cancer, we need to minimise morbidity
A recent review paper led by scientists at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research looks at how the...
Mar 1, 2024
First child cured of rare brain tumor 'offers real hope'
The Belgian boy is the first child in the world to have been cured of brainstem glioma, a particularly brutal cancer, according to the...
Feb 22, 2024
Protein Associated With Neurodegenerative Diseases Found To Be Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer
A protein, extensively researched for its connection to neurodegenerative disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is also...
Feb 21, 2024
Experimental Drug May Slow Childhood Brain Tumors
The drug tovorafenib may halt the growth of or shrink some childhood brain tumors, according to a clinical trial published in Nature...
Jan 31, 2024