Center for Cancer Research: Clinical Trial Researching Drug Therapy for Central Nervous System Tumors
August 17, 2024
August 17, 2024
BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- The National Institutes of Health's Center for Cancer Research issued the following news:
About 90,000 new cases of brain and spinal cord tumors are diagnosed annually in the United States. Many people who have malignant tumors of the central nervous system have changes in certain genes (MYC or MYCN) that drive the development of their cancers. A clinical trial led by Marta Penas-Prado, M.D., M.Sc., Senior Clinician in the Neuro-Oncology Branch, is res . . .
About 90,000 new cases of brain and spinal cord tumors are diagnosed annually in the United States. Many people who have malignant tumors of the central nervous system have changes in certain genes (MYC or MYCN) that drive the development of their cancers. A clinical trial led by Marta Penas-Prado, M.D., M.Sc., Senior Clinician in the Neuro-Oncology Branch, is res . . .