Childhood cancer changes in response to treatment, UBC study
Of all childhood brain cancers, medulloblastoma — the development of tumours in the back and rear portions of the brain — is the most...
Feb 26, 2016
Study finds significant cognitive impairment in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors
Cancer survivors of childhood brain tumors show significant deficits in intelligence, educational achievement and employment, even...
Feb 2, 2016
Proton beam therapy offers potential to treat childhood brain cancer with fewer severe side effects
Proton beam therapy--a more precise form of radiotherapy--to treat the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma appears to be as safe as...
Feb 1, 2016
Researchers mine the epigenome to identify likely origins of childhood brain tumor subtype
Researchers have identified the cells that likely give rise to the brain tumor subtype Group 4 medulloblastoma. Read more here:...
Jan 27, 2016
What's in store for survivors of childhood cancers that affect vision?
Little is known about the long-term health of survivors of childhood cancers that affect vision, but two new studies provide valuable...
Jan 12, 2016
Canadian researchers break blood-brain barrier with new ultrasound treatment
Canadian scientists have made history with a world first, successfully using focused ultrasound to break through one of the human body's...
Nov 9, 2015
When your child is diagnosed with cancer: top advice from a mom who’s been there
Whether your “child” is 5, 15, or 25, hearing that he or she has a brain tumor changes your world forever. From that moment on, nothing...
Sep 1, 2015
The Long Road to Hope for Children with DIPG
Read more here: https://cancerkn.com/long-road-hope-children-dipg/
May 25, 2015
First cancer-promoting oncogenes discovered in rare brain tumor of children and adults
Researchers have identified three genes that play a pivotal role in the brain tumor choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC), a discovery that lays...
May 13, 2015
Study points to possible treatment for lethal pediatric brain cancer
Using brain tumor samples collected from children in the United States and Europe, an international team of scientists found that the...
May 5, 2015