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Missing, mutated genes occur simultaneously in unique set of pediatric brain tumorsBrain 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 University of Utah. The information is published online today in the journal Cancer Research."Researchers already know cancerous tumors often lack certain copies of genes. They also know certain...
Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in a highly malignant pediatric brain tumor. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cancer Cell, has significant implications for clinical management of aggressive pediatric brain tumors that are notorious for their dismal prognosis.Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) arise from undifferentiated brain cells and are the most frequent malignant brain tumors in...
New microscope is expected to improve the accuracy of intraoperative diagnosticsA new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumors and an easier recognition of tumor locations during surgery.Neurosurgeons at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center are using the new miniature laser confocal microscope to view brain tumor regions during surgery and obtain digital images of the tumor and brain tissue. This was not previously...
Survivors have less education, lower income relative to their siblings and survivors of other cancersBrain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems. They also have lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, according to a report published by the American...
A team of researchers led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center unveiled results today from the largest-ever collaborative study addressing the treatment of a rare pediatric brain tumor. The findings suggest a new standard protocol could improve survival nearly two-fold for pediatric patients with choroid plexus tumors, as reported at the 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP).Johannes Wolff, M.D., professor in the Children's Cancer...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Advances in diagnosis and treatment mean more children are living longer with cancer than ever before, with about 270,000 childhood cancer survivors alive today nationwide. Despite these advances, cancer remains the leading cause of death due to disease among U.S. children over one year of age. To View the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/stjude/40088/ September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, but for...
Significant numbers of children in the UK are suffering from preventable levels of disability, particularly blindness, and premature death because of poor diagnosis of brain tumors.A new study by scientists at The University of Nottingham's Children's Brain Tumor Research Centre, funded by the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumor Trust, shows that prolonged and slow diagnosis can make long term survivors of childhood brain tumors up to 10 times more likely to suffer disability. 450 children in...
Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull and safely remove as much of the tumor as they can. Then doctors use radiation or chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells in the surrounding tissue.Researchers at the University of Washington have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the...
HDAC inhibitor effective against tumor cell linesA laboratory study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that an anti-cancer compound studied for treating blood cancers may also help in treating cancers of the head and neck. The work is reported in the April 28th online edition of the Journal of Pathology.Head and neck cancer refers to tumors in the mouth, throat, or larynx (voice box). Each year about 40,000 men and women develop head and neck...
U.S. cancer scientists say they have created an imaging technique that predicts brain tumor mortality by analyzing changes in a tumor's blood flow. The technique created by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center uses a standard magnetic resonance imaging protocol to monitor changes over time in tumor blood volume within individual voxels -- three-dimensional analogues of pixels -- rather than a composite view of average change within the tumor. That parametric...
