BrainWAVE support program from Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
BrainWAVE is a support program for families with a child (19 years of age or younger) with a brain tumour. Through the program,...
Mar 20, 2014
Drug may help treat childhood brain cancer: study
Canadian researchers believe they have solved a puzzle that has long baffled doctors — why no chemotherapy drug has been found that can...
Feb 20, 2014
Gene sequencing project discovers common driver of a childhood brain tumor
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the most common genetic...
Feb 20, 2014
'Breakthrough' may lead to new treatment for fatal childhood cancer
Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the "developmental pathway" of patients with embryonal tumors within multilayers rosettes - an...
Dec 17, 2013
Examining the social side effects of brain cancer
Researchers at the Alberta Children’s Hospital are working to help children who survive brain cancer with their social skills as they...
Dec 17, 2013
Possible treatment for a childhood brain tumour lacks funding for a clinical trial
Canadian researchers say they have made a key discovery that might explain how a rare and deadly childhood brain tumour develops, and...
Dec 17, 2013
Groundbreaking discovery in deadly childhood cancer
A new study by Canadian researchers may pave the way for more effective treatment of an aggressive and deadly type of brain tumour, known...
Dec 17, 2013
Surviving Survival: New Study Reveals Children After Cancer
As treatments for childhood brain tumors improve, more and more children are managing to survive past their childhoods. In fact, some say...
Nov 28, 2013
Childhood cancer is linked to increased stroke risk
Survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors are more likely to have a stroke in later life. Read more here:...
Aug 13, 2013
Introducing the DIPG Collaborative
On May 3rd and 4th, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second DIPG Collaborative Symposium (www.dipg.org) occurred with amazing results and...
Jul 2, 2013

