Childhood Cancer

Brain Tumors

Brain tumors can be low-grade, which tend to grow more slowly, or high-grade with faster growth rates and more commonly spread into normal brain tissue. There are several rare types and sub-types of pediatric brain tumors.

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Latest Brain Tumors grants

Epigenetic therapies to concurrently target DIPG tumor cells and harness the immune system
Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD, Principal Investigator
The Regents of the University of Michigan
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2022
Phase I trial of multilamellar mRNA lipid particles for recurrent pediatric high grade glioma
Elias Sayour, MD/PhD, Principal Investigator
University of Florida
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2022
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Development of ATM as a Tumor Cell Selective Target for Radiosensitization in H3K27M DMG
Meredith Morgan, PhD & Daniel Wahl, MD/PhD, Principal Investigator
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Reach Grants, Awarded 2022
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Latest Brain Tumors blog posts

Curing Lethal Tumors: Meet Dr. Michelle Monje on International Women’s Day 
As a young trainee, many people gave Dr. Michelle Monje, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) grantee from Stanford University the (unsolicited) advice that one cannot have a big career in medicine or science and also have children.... more
Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
Facing a Brain Tumor: Four Stories of Inspiration from Children 
Frankie was just 6 years old when his parents rushed him to the emergency room. Within hours, Frankie was diagnosed with a brain tumor called pilomyxoid astrocytoma.  

Pediatric brain tumors account for about a quarter of all childhood... more
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Jacob Long

Jacob is an incredible young boy who knows how to keep his chin up, even while fighting Ewing sarcoma. A mass was found in his neck, and two vertebrae were removed, putting Jacob in an Aspen neck brace. Today, he is out of his neck brace and in remission!
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