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Whole-Genome Profiling of Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas Highlights Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor and Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase As Potential Therapeutic Targets Maryam Zarghooni, Ute Bartels, Eric Lee, Pawel Buczkowicz, Andrew Morrison, Annie Huang, Eric Bouffet, Cynthia...

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists who tested drugs intended to halt growth of brain cancer stem cells - a small population of cells within tumors that perpetuate cancer growth - conclude that blocking these cells may be somewhat effective, but more than one targeted drug attack may be...

Researchers Identify a Potential Therapeutic Target for Brain Cancer ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2010) — Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report the identification of a protein that is highly expressed in a subgroup of glioblastoma brain tumor cells and show that depletion of this protein...

Results from a small, retrospective study suggest that a single genetic mutation may be linked to poor survival in children with medulloblastoma, the most common type of pediatric brain tumor. In the study, released online February 8 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, no patient with...

Although gliomas and glioblastomas are not the most commonly occurring cancers — there are about 10,000 new cases in the United States each year — they are among the most deadly. The median survival of people diagnosed with these cancers is between 12 and 15 months.

By Pat Wechsler

Survivors of childhood brain cancer or other central nervous system cancers, or leukemia, are less successful in school than their peers, a new study has found. British researchers examined data collected from more than 10,000 five-year survivors of all types of childhood cancer and compared it...

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Missing, mutated genes occur simultaneously in unique set of pediatric brain tumors Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children. Now a more accurate diagnosis of childhood brain cancers may soon be possible, according to researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the...

Visit the Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative View Press Release Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation(CBTF) announces support for pediatric brain tumor research in 2009. CBTF seeks outstanding researcher-initiated basic and translational* projects that can advance understanding of...

From Miriam Barry, CBTF Board member and LIMA Charity Committee member, “You have heard me say many times that I never believed that I would see our work yield results in my lifetime, and yet I have been privileged to see this. The project that LIMA is supporting is something I never believed...