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Epigenetic Targeted Therapy and Resistance in AT/RT

Pediatric rhabdoid tumor in the brain, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), is a highly malignant brain tumor that has a very poor prognosis despite aggressive treatment. The development of new, effective therapeutic approaches for AT/RT has been hindered by a lack of specific therapeutic targets. It is necessary ...

Glycomic Tumor Neoantigen Discovery in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a horrific childhood brain cancer. Patients die within 2 years of diagnosis. Treatments include radio- and chemotherapy, however the tumor always regrows due to resistance of the tumor cells to therapy. Understanding and tackling resistance is key to improve survival of patients with DIPG. We ...

Preclinical Investigation Toward a Clinical Trial of Combination, Multimodality Treatment ...

DIPG is an aggressive childhood brain tumor that is nearly always fatal. Although most past patients have died of the tumor pushing on the brainstem’s pons area, DIPG spreads to other parts of the brain and spinal cord, known as the central nervous system (CNS). To cure DIPG, ...

Discovering new epigenetic players of DIPG (Application for an extension)

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is the most aggressive brain tumour in children. Every year, about 150-300 children in the USA and 3,000 children worldwide are diagnosed with DIPG. The prognosis of DIPG is devastating as only 10% of the patients will live for more than two years1,2. In the ...

The current situation of childhood brain tumor long-term survivors in ...

Central nervous system tumors, represent the highest mortality rate of all childhood malignancies, Nevertheless, the number of survivors of pediatric Brain tumors continues to increase. Gradually improving survival rates and a growing population of long-term survivors have expanded the focus of research, Increased attention has been given to late ...