- Apr 12, 2017
New potential treatment for aggressive brain cancer in children
Using state-of-the-art gene editing technology, scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have discovered a...
- Apr 4, 2017
National Brain Tumor Society Launches Brain-Tumor Clinical Trial Finder
The National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) announced the launch of a new brain-tumor clinical trial finder to engage patients in new...
- Mar 30, 2017
Experimental Immunotherapy Offers Hope for Children with Brain Cancer
A new type of immunotherapy was highly effective against five types of childhood brain cancer when tested in mice. The treatment, which...
- Mar 30, 2017
Meningioma Incidence After Cranial Radiotherapy for Pediatric Cancer
Survivors of childhood cancer exposed to cranial radiotherapy are at risk of developing meningiomas later in life, leading to neurologic...
- Mar 27, 2017
Here's Why Childhood Brain Tumour Survivors Can Be Prone to Heart Diseases
A recent study correlates childhood brain tumours survivors' high body fat with an increased risk of developing heart diseases and...
- Mar 16, 2017
Antibody shows promise in 5 kinds of childhood brain cancer
Stanford researchers have found that a recently developed antibody reduced the size of five different types of tumors in mouse models of...
- Dec 16, 2016
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...
- Nov 24, 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....