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While gliomas are the major cause of cancer-related death in adolescents and young adults, there are distinct differences between gliomas that occur in children versus older adults, and treatment can vary depending on someone’s age at diagnosis.

Molecular Testing Unveils New Insights into Adolescent and Young Adult Brain Cancer

The Hospital for Sick Children

Specialized molecular testing helps shape potential treatments for patients with glioma

Even small tissue samples can yield additional insights into a tumor’s biology, immune interactions, and molecular pathways

Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Even small tissue samples can yield additional insights into a tumor’s biology, immune interactions, and molecular pathways

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Belay Diagnostics Partners with GenomOncology to Support High-Performance Liquid Biopsy Test for Central Nervous System Cancer Detection

GenomOncology

The customized solution enables the team to make informed variant interpretations and treatment recommendations

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New Genetic Testing Advances Targeted Treatments for Childhood Cancer in the UK

Cancer Research UK

Research program aims to advance precision medicine for children and young people whose cancer has returned

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Breakthrough in Childhood Brain Cancer Research Could Heal Treatment-Resistant Tumors, Keep Them in Remission

Emory Health Sciences

Potential new therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating, killing tumor cells in preclinical models in mice

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Study Seeks Rapid, Paper-Based Test to Detect Cancer Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid

University of California - Los Angeles, UCLA Health

UCLA researchers look to create point-of-care test that can confirm diagnosis at the bedside

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Targeted Treatment Breakthrough for Aggressive Childhood Brain Cancer

Today's Clinical Lab

New research identifies a critical genetic variation in Group 3 medulloblastomas, paving the way for improved diagnostic and treatment strategies for this challenging form of pediatric brain cancer

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Rapid Test of Cerebrospinal Fluid Decreases Time to Diagnosis for Brain Tumors

Mass General Brigham

The new rapid genotyping test for brain cancers eliminates the need for invasive biopsies, reducing time to diagnosis from 10 days to 2 days

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Genetically Engineering a Treatment for Incurable Brain Tumors

Purdue University

Researchers develop fully off-the-shelf, stem cell-derived natural killer cells against glioblastoma

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IL-13Rα2-Targeting CAR T-Cell Therapy Improves Brain Cancer

City of Hope

Researchers were able to deliver the CAR-T cells directly into the tumor site and the cerebrospinal fluid

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