High radiotherapy dose improves prospects for children with brain cancer
Two studies to be presented today (Sunday) at the 3rd ESTRO Forum in Barcelona, Spain, show that increasing the dose of radiotherapy...
Apr 29, 2015
DIPG: The hope and promise of a homerun cure
What if by curing one type of childhood cancer, you could find a cure for many other forms of cancer? What if by curing one type of...
Feb 4, 2015
Cranial radiotherapy associated with increased risk of anterior hypopituitarism
In a retrospective review of over 700 childhood cancer survivors (CCS) treated with cranial radiotherapy, over 50% developed anterior...
Jan 13, 2015
Scientists map out how childhood brain tumors relapse
Researchers have discovered the unique genetic paths that the childhood brain tumour medulloblastoma follows when the disease comes back,...
Dec 30, 2014
Childhood brain tumors affect identity in adulthood: Swedish study
Patients who have been treated for cancer of the central nervous system (CNS) (or brain tumors) in childhood or adolescence can show...
Nov 17, 2014
Pediatric Brain Tumor Research: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
Pediatric brain cancer touches people's lives in a unique way. "When a tumor grows in the brain it threatens to affect the core of the...
Oct 29, 2014
A discovery could prevent the development of brain tumours in children
Scientists at the IRCM discovered a mechanism that promotes the progression of medulloblastoma, the most common brain tumour found in...
Oct 6, 2014
Funding go-ahead for research into fatal children's brain cancer
A new research project testing new drugs on the deadliest form of childhood brain cancer has been given the green light, in what could...
Aug 26, 2014
New study sheds light on genetic drivers of fatal pediatric cancer
New insights on the genetic drivers behind a rare type of fatal pediatric brain cancer may lead to the development of new...
Apr 8, 2014
St. Jude using adult cancer drugs to double-team childhood brain tumors
Children with an aggressive form of the most common childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, face a tough prognosis. Effective treatments...
Mar 31, 2014