Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumour subtypes

Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumour, 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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