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.

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Use of chemotherapy to treat children with intracranial ependymoma avoids or delays the need for use of radiotherapy which can potentially cause serious damage to the child's nervous system, without ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ependymomas are brain tumors that arise from glial cells, which surround neurons and help support their function. Dr. Eric Holland of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center heads a project funded by a ...

Ringo Starr's daughter is facing a second battle with a brain tumour. Lee Starkey, 31, had successful brain surgery at an American hospital six years ago. At the time, doctors said she had an ...