Neuro-oncology Research News Updates
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Biology of Childhood Brain Tumors Offers Clues to Precise Treatments
Published on in CHOP News, Cancer Connections
Researchers have found key differences among the most common types of pediatric brain tumors that may lead to more effective therapy.
New Brain Cancer Coalition Announces Precision Medicine Study
Published on in CHOP News
CHOP hosts the launch of The Philadelphia Coalition for a Cure, or PC4C, a new clinical diagnostics and research initiative focused on brain tumor patients.
Abnormal Gene Is a Triple Threat in Driving Pediatric Brain Tumors
Published on in CHOP News, International Update
A CHOP oncologist co-led an international study showing that an abnormal fused gene drives children’s brain tumors by using three different biological mechanisms.
New CHOP Center Harnesses “Big Data” to Help Little Patients
Published on in CHOP News, International Update
CHOP’s new Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine aims to harness and broadly share biomedical information to more quickly benefit child patients.
Broad Collaboration: The Childhood Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium
Published on in Oncology Update
A growing bank of childhood brain tumor samples and associated clinical data, housed at CHOP, shows the great importance of collaborative efforts and sharing of data in pediatric cancer research.