When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a very rare primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor. A PXA may form in the brain or spinal cord. The tumor can be benign or cancerous. Glial cells are ...

Zebrafish are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. How they do so is now being elucidated. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes ...

About six weeks after her symptoms began, she insisted on an ultrasound and was eventually diagnosed with Stage 3 borderline ovarian tumors, a type of pre-cancerous mass. “It’s ...

This represents the most up-to-date survival rate information for Wilms tumors. Survival rates are often used by doctors as a standard way of discussing a person’s prognosis (outlook). These numbers ...

The stage of a cancer describes how far it has spread. To a large extent, your child’s treatment and prognosis (outlook) will depend on the stage, histology, and risk group of their Wilms tumor.