Dr. Maya Lodish, pediatric endocrinologist National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Survivors of childhood brain tumors are at an especially high risk for damage to the endocrine system. The endocrine system is comprised of glands and hormones that help to control specific functions of the body, such …
Sarah Rush, University of Colorado 2012, Summary research update Pediatric pilocytic and pilomyxoid astrocytomas are slow growing and amenable to surgical cure if located in a favorable place. However, a significant number of children (> 55 %) will eventually suffer from tumor progression. Although this tumor is unlikely to become a more aggressive astrocytoma, repeated …
Mary Ann McCabe, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, Society for Research in Child Development Children and adolescents who have undergone treatment for brain tumors may be more likely to exhibit behavior problems than their peers. There have been relatively few formal studies of this issue, and behavior problems have often not been included in studies of neuropsychological …
15th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) June 24 – 27, 2012, Family Day The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation was delighted to provide a Silver Sponsorship for the 15th ISPNO and supported the Nursing Symposium. The ISPNO also included a special day organized to provide an educational opportunity for families …
Fausto J. Rodriguez M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Report from funding, 2011-2012. This study has been published in two journals. Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are low grade neoplasms that represent the most frequent gliomas in children and your adults. Most of these tumors have an excellent outcome after gross total resection. However a subset progress …
Our journey with the medical reality of a pediatric brain tumor started in Charlottesville, VA. Doctors at the University of Virginia told us that Jessica would be just fine. She had a benign tumor in her left lateral ventricle … they would “pop it out” surgically and then we could all get on with our …
Eva Perdahl, MD, PhD, Children’s National-VA and David Wolf, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Brain tumors are the most common solid tumor of childhood. Among brain tumors, low-grade gliomas are the most common type, accounting for almost 50% of all tumor types. There are two major types of cells that make up the brain: neurons …
We took our daughter, Hayley, to the general practitioner on Wednesday as she complained of a headache. He told us that it probably was a virus but to bring her back in Friday. My last question was, “Could it be a brain tumour?” Was it mother’s intuition? She was fine on Tuesday and on the …
Paul Graham Fisher, M.D., M.H.S. and Michelle Monje, M.D., Ph.D Brain stem tumors are perhaps the most dreaded cancers in pediatric oncology, owing to their historically poor prognosis, yet they remain an area of intense research. Brain stem tumors account for about 10 to 15% of childhood brain tumors. Peak incidence for these tumors occurs …
