Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumor subtypes

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 15:32 in Health & Medicine

Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, is actually several different diseases, each arising from distinct cells destined to become different structures. The breakthrough is expected to dramatically alter the diagnosis and treatment of this major childhood cancer.

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