Comprehensive analysis of a rare tumor type identifies pediatric bithalamic glioma as a distinct tumor entity with potential sensitivity to a genomically-guided treatment strategy.
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Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered how PGAM1 – a protein expressed at high levels in many cancers – can contribute to tumor cells’ resistance to radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
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Within the next few months, the UCSF Brain Tumor Center will begin recruiting for a multi-center clinical trial to evaluate AG-881 for treatment of recurrent IDH-mutant grade II glioma.
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In 2019, the UCSF Brain Tumor Center researchers focused on therapeutic targets for glioblastoma, immunotherapies, precision medicine clinical trials and more.
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Immunotherapy encompasses a range of strategies aimed at making cancer cells more recognizable and vulnerable to attack by the patient’s immune system.
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UCSF researchers recently received a Translational Team Science Award from the U.S. Department of Defense to support their research on immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors.
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For many years, the classification of gliomas relied largely on the cells’ general appearance, as seen under a microscope. But in the last ten years, our understanding of glioma subtypes has expanded.
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The UCSF Brain Tumor Center is currently leading multiple clinical trials to investigate a new personalized medicine strategy for both adult and pediatric patients.
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UCSF researchers have discovered that STAG2 – a gene commonly mutated in several human cancers – plays an essential role in DNA replication, revealing potential mechanisms for therapeutically targeting glioblastoma.
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UCSF researchers Joseph Costello, PhD, Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, and Aaron Diaz, PhD were awarded Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative (BTFC) grants for their innovative work on immunotherapy strategies.
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In 2018, the UCSF Brain Tumor Center published research on topics spanning from glioblastoma drug targets to blood test biopsies – and even space travel. See our top five research stories of the year.
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The research program of neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, is deeply influenced by his patients’ struggles to understand how treatment will affect their quality of life.
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The UCSF Brain Tumor Center is one of four sites in the country testing a modified version of a poliovirus that had encouraging results against glioblastoma (GBM) in a recent phase I clinical trial.
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