Experimental targeted therapy shows early promise against medulloblastomas, type of childhood brain cancer

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 23:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have presented findings of a pediatric brain tumor study using an experimental drug that targets the underlying genetic makeup of the tumor. The research focused on a new way to attack the tumors by blocking the Hedgehog pathway that is linked to approximately 20 percent of medulloblastomas.

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