Genetic counseling and testing proposed for patients with the brain tumor medulloblastoma
Researchers have created the first genetic screening guidelines for medulloblastoma patients after identifying gene variations that make...
May 10, 2018
Single-cell study in a childhood brain tumor affirms the importance of context
In defining the cellular context of diffuse midline gliomas, researchers find the cells fueling their growth and suggest a potential...
Apr 27, 2018
Potential Cognitive Effects of Targeted Drugs in Children may be Reversible with Therapy
Young mice that received molecularly targeted therapies used to treat brain cancer in human patients sustained cognitive and behavioural...
Mar 22, 2018
Managing Chemo Brain in Pediatric Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Cancer-associated cognitive impairment, commonly known as chemo brain, is an adverse effect of cancer and its treatment that survivors...
Mar 16, 2018
Drug therapy discovered at MCG being used to treat rare form of brain cancer in children
The therapy is a drug called Indoximod that blocks an enzyme called indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase or IDO for short. Its role was first...
Jan 15, 2018
Molecular super enhancers: A new key for targeted therapy of brain cancer in children
Ependymoma refers to a heterogeneous group of cancers that can occur at any age and is one of the most common types of brain cancer in...
Dec 20, 2017
New Immunotherapy for Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer Targets Novel 'Neoantigen'
Children with an extremely deadly form of brain cancer might benefit from a new treatment that aims to direct an immune response against...
Dec 20, 2017
Brain cancer treatment previously featured on 60 Minutes now available to children
A Phase 1 clinical trial leveraging the re-engineered polio virus is now open for enrollment to children 12 years and older at the...
Nov 16, 2017
Biology of childhood brain tumor subtypes offers clues to precision treatments
Researchers investigating pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGG), the most common type of brain tumor in children, have discovered key...
Oct 19, 2017
Support Tools: Your Sibling has a Brain Tumour, Now What?
For many of us, the longest relationship that we have in life is with our sibling. Whether you are the best of friends or the worst of...
Sep 29, 2017

