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Tuesday Dec 21, 2010

Reuters Article Quotes CHOP Oncologist on Childhood Brain Tumors

A large, multicenter study has uncovered the genetic mutations driving the most common brain tumor in children—medulloblastoma. Two CHOP experts in that disease, Dr. Peter Phillips and Dr. Tom Curran, were co-authors of the study—which offers clues in the gene alterations that could become fruitful targets for better treatments. A Reuters news article quoted Dr. Phillips, director of CHOP’s Neuro-oncology Program.

To read the Reuters news article on this study, click here.

For the CHOP press release about this brain tumor study, click here.



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