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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, ...

Exploring therapeutic options for BRCA-mutant DIPG

There is an urgent need for better therapies to treat patients with the most aggressive type of childhood cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). DIPG is an incurable brain cancer with 5-year survival of <1%. We have formed an international collaboration to find genetic causes of DIPG, and have made ...

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 ...