Brain tumors in children: Cancer cells become less aggressive as they migrate within the tumor, finds study
Certain brain tumors in small children contain cells that develop very similarly to normal brain cells and others that have already...
Jan 10, 2024
“DNA loops” in pediatric brain tumors double relapse risk
A study of newly created databases of medulloblastoma has found that patients with tumors containing circular extrachromosomal DNA—loops...
Nov 16, 2023
New Mutations Identified in Common Childhood Brain Cancers Could Guide Personalized Treatments
Using a new method, Swedish researchers have identified mutations in the noncoding regions of the human genome linked to the common...
Aug 14, 2023
New study uncovers key culprit behind pediatric brain cancer metastasis
New research pinpoints a key cause of metastasis from an aggressive form of brain cancer in children and provides a potential new therapy...
Mar 17, 2023
Understanding How Childhood Brain Tumors Develop
A team of scientists has identified a new cell type implicated in the development of the most common type of malignant childhood brain...
Jan 31, 2023
New drug combination may effectively treat often fatal childhood brain tumor
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and partners become first to treat MYC amplified Medulloblastoma on a...
Jan 17, 2023
McMaster University researchers pinpoint potential treatment for lethal childhood cancer
An enzyme that drives the growth of an often-lethal childhood brain cancer may hold the key to a future treatment, says a McMaster ...
Nov 11, 2022
A stem cell protein facilitates relapse of pediatric brain tumors
The malignant brain tumor type medulloblastoma can become resistant to therapy which can cause relapse. Researchers have discovered a...
Oct 31, 2022
Study Investigates Potential Embryonic Origin of Medulloblastomas
Medulloblastomas may exist in a premalignant form at birth after initially developing during the first or second trimester of pregnancy,...
Oct 7, 2022
Brain Cancer Therapy Shows Promise in Pediatric Clinical Trial
A new antibody therapy for children with medulloblastoma has shown promise during a Phase I clinical trial. The antibody, which targets a...
Jul 18, 2022

