- Mar 27
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 8
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 1
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...
- Feb 22
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 21
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...
- Jan 31
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 10
Brain tumors in children: Cancer cells become less aggressive as they migrate within the tumor, finds study
Certain brain tumors in small children contain cells that develop very similarly to normal brain cells and others that have already...
- Jan 2
Automated liquid biopsy detects brain tumor cells in children
Pediatric researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center wanted to know whether a liquid biopsy tool that relies on...