Radiation immediately following surgery in children with ependymoma, the third most common pediatric brain tumor, can nearly triple survival. The results are part of a Children's Oncology Group (COG) ...

An ependymoma is a rare tumor that begins in the central nervous system, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. Ependymoma cancer is anaplastic if the cancer cells grow rapidly and are unusual in ...

WHEN tot Nancy Dakin, suddenly began to persistently vomit at 12-months-old, her parents immediately knew something was ...

Researchers have identified unique 3-dimensional features called TULIPs in the genome of posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma, a difficult-to-treat brain tumor diagnosed in very young children.

SAN ANTONIO — The largest trial so far conducted in children with ependymoma, a type of brain tumor, and the first study to include very young infants, show that targeted radiotherapy given ...

Do neurons play a role in brain tumor growth and development? Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine have evidence showing that, for childhood ependymomas, ...

First-Line Treatment of Patients With Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or Mantle-Cell Lymphoma With Bendamustine Plus Rituximab Versus R-CHOP or R-CVP: Results of the BRIGHT 5-Year Follow-Up Study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Immediate postoperative radiation appeared associated with favorable outcomes among children with ependymoma who ...

TPR gene is closely linked to ependymoma. It can help with not just diagnosis, but also treatment options for the condition, according to Richard Wong's and Mitsutoshi Nakada's team at Kanazawa ...

Using Health-Related Quality of Life Measures to Predict Cardiac Function in Survivors Exposed to Anthracyclines Between July 1997 and January 2003, 88 pediatric patients (median age, 2.85 ± 4.5 years ...