All seven institutions used IGRT for treatment
of ependymoma (cancer of the tissue of the brain or spinal cord), abdominal and pelvic sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma (cancer of the muscles attached to the bones).
Traditional prognostic markers based on tumor grade have proven unreliable
for ependymomas.
Ependymomas also occur in adults, but in the study, none of the adult tumor samples had reduced H3K27me3.
They found about 80 percent of pediatric
hindbrain ependymomas had substantially reduced levels of H3K27me3, a critical histone H3 protein modification.
Three separate groups have performed advanced sequencing
on ependymomas, a tumor that occurs at the part of the brain called the posterior fossa, which is the back base of the brain including the cerebellum, pons and brainstem.
Now, new research suggests changes at the epigenetic level — specifically alterations in proteins that affect gene expression, rather than genetic mutations — could be driving
childhood ependymomas.
A modeling approach used lab data to find the optimal drug dose in a successful clinical trial for children with
recurrent ependymoma.
«High grade glioma» can include: Glioblastoma multiforme (WHO grade IV); Anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III); Anaplastic oligodendroglioma (WHO grade III); and
Anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III).
Taylor et al. used microarray analysis to define molecularly distinct subsets of
human ependymomas that arise in different brain regions [8].
2007 — We show that using chemotherapy instead of radiotherapy reduces the risk of long - term side effects in children being treated
for ependymoma, through a clinical trial we fund together with the Brain Tumour Charity.
This research, for instance, helped identify a histone methylation inhibitor as the first therapeutic candidate for
pediatric ependymoma, a common childhood brain cancer (work with Michael Taylor at SickKids).
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Primary brain tumors in dogs and cats may include meningiomas, glioma, choroid plexus tumors,
ependymoma, pituitary tumors and others.
Examples include meningioma, astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma,
ependymoma and choroid plexus tumors.
Ependymomas of the fourth ventricle may encircle the brain stem.
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ependymoma, brain stem glioma) and metastatic brain tumors.