Featured Stories
From the Perspective of a Pediatric Brain Tumor Patient
16 year old Sammi of Team Samantha has turned her brain tumor diagnosis at the age of 3 into an opportunity to help others. She recently spoke at…
AKBTC Funding Helps Support 3 Recent PLGA Research Projects
Thanks to the ongoing support of our community, A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure has been able to help fund a variety of PLGG research projects including…
Why I PMC: Year Up “Concrete Evidence of Change”
AKBTC Board Member Daniel Itzkovitz, his son, Dmitri, a pediatric brain tumor survivor, and supporters discuss the crucial need for fundraising for…
Today Show Mentions A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure
The Today show mentioned AKBTC in a piece that they ran June 21, 2017 on kids helping raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer. The article…
AKBTC Board President & Daughter Speak at Pan Mass Challenge Heavy Hitters Dinner
AJ Janower, Board President of A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure Foundation, and his daughter, brain tumor survivor Samantha Janower, were recently asked to…
Immunotherapy and PLGG
Immunotherapy, including vaccines, is a promising area of research in cancer and as such was the subject of a pilot trial for a vaccine therapy…
Research
- June 2016: DNA Analysis of Paediatric Low-Grade Astrocytomas Identifies Tumour-Specific Signature in Pilocytic Astrycotomas
- November 2015: Long Term Clinical Implications of PLGG Molecular Subgroups
- September 2015: Genomic Analysis of Matched Primary and Progressive Recurrent PLGAs
- March 2015: Genomic Investigation of Medulloblastoma (3/2015)
- June 2014: Clinical Research Assistant for Tissue Harvesting Initiative
- January 2014: Johns Hopkins Lands Funding Based on Collaborative Project Model
