medulloblastoma

/ mɪˌdʌləʊblæsˈtəʊmə /

noun

1. a rapidly growing brain tumour that develops in children and is responsive to radiotherapy

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Chace was seven years old when he was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumour, which required immediate surgery and follow-up care.

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Though small, the ORF’s product is essential for the survival of medulloblastoma tumors, a brain cancer that affects children, they reported on 18 January in Molecular Cell.

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This miniprotein was not in the original analysis of the human genome, yet “it has a critical role in medulloblastoma,” Saghatelian agrees.

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In addition to diseases characterized by bone loss, Ctdnep1 has also been reported as a causative factor in medulloblastoma -- a childhood brain tumor.

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Medulloblastoma are the most common type of malignant brain cancer in children.

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