Breast cancer drug could help prolong survival for children with brain tumors, study finds
A drug called ribociclib, currently used to treat breast cancer , could slow the progression of certain pediatric high-grade gliomas, an...
Sep 20, 2024
UCLA launches groundbreaking clinical trial for vaccine targeting aggressive pediatric brain cancer
In an effort to combat one of the most lethal forms of pediatric brain cancer, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive...
Aug 16, 2024
This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise
CAR-T therapy, which harnesses a person’s own immune cells, racks up some astonishing success stories against deadly brain tumours in...
Jul 18, 2024
Scientists uncover new treatment pathway for rare 'spider web' childhood brain tumors
Researchers have identified the unique features of an exceptionally rare set of childhood brain tumors—a discovery that could pave the...
Jun 5, 2024
Researchers combine herpes virus with cancer vaccine to treat brain cancer in children
Researchers in the US and UK are exploring a new type of cancer treatment as part of a £1.1m funded project by combining a herpes virus...
Jun 4, 2024
CAR T cell therapy for pediatric brain cancer warrants further study
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s...
Jun 3, 2024
FDA approves tovorafenib for most common form of childhood brain tumor
This decision from the federal agency marks the first FDA approval of a systemic therapy to treat patients with pediatric LGG with BRAF...
May 15, 2024
‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England
Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study shows. Read...
May 14, 2024
Study: Improved Chemotherapy and Surgery Eliminating Need for Radiation for Low-Grade Gliomas
Successful outcomes from evolving surgical and chemotherapy treatments for pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) have greatly reduced the...
Mar 8, 2024
First child cured of rare brain tumor 'offers real hope'
The Belgian boy is the first child in the world to have been cured of brainstem glioma, a particularly brutal cancer, according to the...
Feb 22, 2024

