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 the following highlighted […]
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 pediatric brain tumor research. Learn more about […]
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 featured “Comedy Kids” […]
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 speak at the Pan Mass Challenge […]
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 funded by AKBTC. Dr. […]
SickKids of Toronto, Dr. Uri Tabori: – Novel universal classification of childhood low grade gliomas using clinico-pathological and molecular methods.
Novel universal classification of childhood low grade gliomas using clinico-pathological and molecular methods
The recent progress in both molecular understanding and the exciting preliminary results of targeted therapies […]
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Study Informs for Medulloblastoma patients
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a mechanism that controls the expression of genes regulating the growth of the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma. In their report published […]
Pediatric Low Grade Gliomas: Implications of the Biologic Era
International Panel of Pediatric Brain Cancer Experts find Consensus on how to best integrate the growing body of molecular genetic information into tumor classifications and, more importantly, for future […]
Two new trials for pediatric brain cancer open at UTHealth/Children’s Memorial Hermann
Pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. David Sandberg of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth has pioneered administering chemotherapy in the fourth ventricle of the brain for pediatric brain cancers. The pilot trials, […]
Publications GALORE in 2016 for DFCI Researchers
With the support of the PLGA fund-raising community, DFCI researchers had an explosive year in 2016 with discoveries in pediatric brain cancer research which impact a wide array of […]