Medical News

The Cancer Genome Atlas Identifies Distinct Subtypes of Deadly Brain Cancer That May Lead to New Treatment Strategies

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Washington University team to unravel genetic basis of childhood cancers

Scientists Show How Brain Tumors Outsmart Drugs

PI EGFRvIII Peptide Vaccination After Radiation in Children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas
Vaccine Trial for Newly Diagnosed -- pre-planning is required for this trial at Stanford University. Criteria include requirements that radiation must have been completed 14-28 days prior to beginning the trial and that no other experimental drugs have been used for any reason.

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Remembering 2009

We seize hope as we enter 2010 in the world of DIPG. There are new clinical trials on the horizon and exciting research is on the way. There seem to be more researchers and clinicians focused on DIPG and our children

In the meantime, we shall not forget the brave children who were taken from their families by DIPG in 2009. There are 66 names on this list, and we certainly are not aware of every child who died because of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma during the last year.

With much hope that this number will be significantly lower in 2010, we honor and remember:

• Ella B. (12/29/09)
  
• Nadia Smith (12/27/09)
  
• Lovis Tews (12/20/09)
• Peyton Ricker (12/15/09)
  
• Carter Harris (12/14/09)
  
• Andrew Smith (12/4/09)
  
• Claire McColloch (12/2/09)
  
• Delaney Starcher (12/1/09)
  
• Finnegan Grady (11/24/09)
  
• Caden Safer (11/22/09)
  
• Shanade Tellintire (11/18/09)
  
• Claudia Smith (11/13/09)
  
• Colton Thurman (10/31/09)
  
• Melana Matson (10/27/09)
• Katie Seaman (10/21/09)
  
• Makael Shaw (10/11/09)
  
• Tyler Magnuson (10/9/09)
  
• Luke Pollok (9/30/09)
  
• Mia Shand (9/20/09)
  
• Dominic Horns (9/20/09)
  
• Monisha Nalini Prasad (9/15/09)
  
• Nicole Lee (9/2/09)
  
• Viviana Cora Perez (9/2/09)
  
• Caleb Bradford (8/30/09)
• Elizabeth Kulikowski (8/28/09)
  
• Samuel Watson (8/23/09)
  
• Sasitaya Sriprayoonsakul ("Ing") (8/20/09)
  
• Fabian Burke-Georgiou (8/17/09)
  
• Joshua Solomon (8/14/09)
  
• Christopher Sliker (8/8/09)
  
• Derric Williams (8/3/09)
  
• Brianna Sharp (7/25/09)
  
• Caleb Spady (7/21/09)
  
• Mei Margaret Pohly (7/15/09)
  
• Ravyn Finch (7/11/09)
  
• Zac Talley (7/8/09)
  
• Max Lacewell (7/4/09)
  
• Caleb Crosby (7/4/09)
  
• Kelly-Anne Bouchard (7/4/09)
  
• Kira Cundiff (7/2/09)
  
• Morgan Pritchett (6/30/09)
  
• Sadie Huish (6/25/09)
  
• Jasmine-Eva Schubert (6/23/09)
  
• Liam Reilly (6/22/09)
  
• Ari Noelle Rich (6/10/09)
• Chris Jones Jr. (5/31/09)
  
• Max Scotti (4/21/09)
  
• Andrew Helms (4/10/09)
  
• Tyler Marx (4/5/09)
  
• Ryan Summer (3/31/09)
  
• Amy Pedersen (3/31/09)
• Eric Kelly (3/28/09)
  
• Amanda Gonzales (3/13/09)
• Ellie Willaert (2/19/09)
  
• Ian Henderson (2/19/09)
  
• Miguel Garcia (2/17/09)
• Rishabh Goel (2/13/09)
  
• Milan Maria Capobianco (2/12/09)
• Cal Daniel (2/10/09)
  
• Kyle Roger (2/7/09)
  
• Katie McKerracher (1/27/09)
• Cristian Rivera (1/25/09)
  
• Morgan Palmer (1/20/09)
  
• Asiyyah Moore (1/16/09)
  
• Dylan Jewett (1/8/09)
  
• Ethan Perkins (1/8/09)