'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
New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges
A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging...
Jun 14, 2013
Radical gene therapy gives hope to young cancer patients
Australian doctors are using radical gene therapy to help treat a rare and aggressive childhood brain cancer, offering hope to young...
Apr 24, 2013
Gene sequencing project finds new mutations to blame for a majority of brain tumor subtype
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified mutations responsible...
Apr 16, 2013

