A study published in Nature Genetics reveals new insights into how medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of childhood, can arise as the cerebellum develops. Researchers discovered ...

Whole-Genome Profiling of Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas Highlights Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α and Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase As Potential Therapeutic Targets ...

A team of researchers has identified and located a population of stem-like cells that initiates and maintains Group 3 medulloblastoma (Gr3-MB) in the developing brain. Gr3-MB is one of the most ...

Medulloblastoma is a pediatric brain tumor treated with radiation and chemotherapy. In growing children, these therapies can have side effects or toxicities that impact their health later in life. We ...

The litttle girl was quickly transferred to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for specialist treatment, and within two days of ...

In a report published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the University of Manitoba and collaborating institutions revealed an unexpected way ...

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study retrospectively reviewed the use of GHRT for survivors of medulloblastoma in 11 neuro-oncology centers in North America who received initial treatment for disease ...

A drug that was developed to treat pancreatic cancer has now been shown to increase symptom-free survival in preclinical medulloblastoma models – all without showing signs of toxicity. Medulloblastoma ...

In an interview with anchor Robin Roberts, the father-daughter duo shared that Isabella was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in the fall. “I didn’t notice anything was off until probably September, like ...

A 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer, just months before his mother was also diagnosed with cancer. Raffi Starkowitz was diagnosed with Group 3 large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma ...

MUM Nicky Starkowitz felt like she’d been “hit by a train” when her son Raffi was handed his cancer diagnosis. The only clue of the four-year-old’s devastating disease was ...

In a report published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, the University of Manitoba and collaborating institutions revealed an unexpected way ...