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Diffuse Pontine Glioma (National Cancer Institute)
This site includes details regarding eligibility for enrolling on this trial; why the trial is important; and contact information for the clinical investigator.
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Al Musella's List of Clinical Trials
Offers information about clinical trials.
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Pediatric Brain Tumors and Nanotechnology
This site provides information about nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is used to study the molecules (small biological particles) that can be delivered to brain tumors to successfully diagnose and treat this difficult cancer.
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NCI Snapshot of Brain and Central Nervous System Cancers
Trends in NCI funding: examples of research initiatives; and selected advances in brain and central nervous system resrach.
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MRI: A WIndow to Genetic Properties of the Brain --Science Daily
Article, ScienceDaily (3.36.08) about research findings from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine about MRI technology and its potential.
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New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients
This article posted (3/10.08) on Forbes.com, addresses concerns about a signal transduction inhibitor (STI)medication for pediatric medulloblatsoma patients and stature. The article provides more details.
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Tumor Painting Revoluntionizes Cancer Surgery:
This article was posted in ScienceDaily, (July 19, 2007) referencing developments at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute and Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. "Tumor Painting Revolutionizes Cancer Surgery: New Visiual Method 500 Times More Sensitive than MRI"
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Cancer Vaccines, Once a Lofty Vision, Edges Closer to Market
Revolution Health Group(4.17.07) provides information about brain cancer, common brain tumors, facts,and symtoms. Article is posted about cancer vaccines.
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Long-term neuromotor speech deficits in survivors of childhood posterior fossa tumors: effects of tumor type, radiation, age at diagnosis, and survival years.
Abstract: Pub Med; J. Child Neurology, 2007 Jul;22(7):848-54.
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Proton versus photon radiotherapy for common pediatric brain tumors: Comparison of models of dose characteristics and their relationship to cognitive function
Pub Med abstract: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Feb 27
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Preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging assessment of higher-order cognitive function in patients undergoing surgery for brain tumors.
J Neurosurg. 2008 Feb;108(2):258-68.
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Young Children Rely On One Sense Or Another, Not A Combination, Studies Find
ScienceDaily (May 1, 2008) — Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, on May 1st.
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Unlocking Mysteries Of Brain Cancer, Stroke
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2008)
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Science Daily: Vaccine May Double Survival In Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors
"ScienceDaily (Jun. 3, 2008) — A vaccine aimed at inducing immunity to the most common and deadly type of brain tumor may stave off recurrence and more than double survival in patients, according to a new study led by researchers in Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center."
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Drug Used for Sleep Disorders Improves Quality of Life for People with Brain Cancer
2006--Article states that Modafinil is a drug that can improve the quality of life for survivors of brain cancer. Before this drug is widely used for this purpose, however, researchers need to determine the long-term effects of this medication.
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Understanding Targeted Treatments--Cancer.net
2004--Targeted treatments are a new form of cancer therapy. They take advantage of the biologic differences between cancer cells and healthy cells by "targeting" faulty genes or proteins that contribute to the growth and development of cancer. Many times these drugs are combined with chemotherapy, biologic therapy (also called immunotherapy), or other targeted treatments.
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What Causes Childhood Brain Tumors?
Greta Bunin, Ph.D. provides some insights in this article. Pediatric Neurosurgery: Vol. 32, No.6,2000
"The multifactorial causation of brain tumors, the inaccuracies of recall of past exposures, and the study of all pediatric brain tumors as a single etiologic entity may be contributing to the difficulty in identifying additional risk factors."
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Phase 1 study of an oxaliplatin and etoposide regimen in pediatric patients with recurrent solid tumors
Cancer. 2008 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print]
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