News articles tagged with 'medulloblastoma' (Page 2)
Oestrogen found to increase growth of the most common childhood brain tumour
— 18 Feb 2009 10:56 | HealthUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered that oestrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma - the most common type of paediatric brain tumour - leading them to…
Key to treating cancer may be finding its original cell
— 12 Aug 2008 11:08 | HealthCancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumour growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity…
Childhood brain tumour traced to normal stem cells gone bad
— 12 Aug 2008 10:07 | HealthAn aggressive childhood brain tumour known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain 'stem' cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene, say…
Signalling system found that halts the growth of a childhood brain cancer
— 17 Mar 2008 15:30 | HealthA discovery by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists suggests a safer way to treat medulloblastoma, a rare but often fatal childhood brain tumour. The group found that one…
A novel brain cancer drug for children may damage bones
— 10 Mar 2008 20:27 | HealthA novel drug that fully eliminated brain tumours from mice in a dramatic 2004 study has shown a darker side - causing permanent bone damage in younger mice. The researcher who conducted…