Scientists at Cambridge University have made a major breakthrough researching brain tumours in children. For the first time a sequence of DNA present in around two-thirds of the most common tumour has been pinpointed Pilocytic astrocytomas is diagnosed in 145 children from five to 19 every year,...

Genetic fingerprints that reveal where a brain cell came from remain distinct even after the cell becomes a brain tumor, an international coalition of scientists will report in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis USA The full story can be...

Adjusting the delivery of radiotherapy treatment could cure more brain tumours, new research claims. Speaking today at a conference organised by the Institute of Physics, chemical engineer Dr Norman Kirkby, from the University of Surrey, said using the correct time intervals between a sequence of...