Advances in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors

Edwin S. Kulubya; Matthew J. Kercher; H. Westley Phillips; Reuben Antony; Michael S. B. Edwards

doi:10.3390/children10010062

Children (Dec 2022)

Advances in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors

Edwin S. Kulubya,
Matthew J. Kercher,
H. Westley Phillips,
Reuben Antony,
Michael S. B. Edwards

Affiliations

Edwin S. Kulubya: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Matthew J. Kercher: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
H. Westley Phillips: Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Reuben Antony: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Michael S. B. Edwards: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010062
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
p. 62

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Pediatric brain tumors are the most common solid malignancies in children. Advances in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors have come in the form of imaging, biopsy, surgical techniques, and molecular profiling. This has led the way for targeted therapies and immunotherapy to be assessed in clinical trials for the most common types of pediatric brain tumors. Here we review the latest efforts and challenges in targeted molecular therapy, immunotherapy, and newer modalities such as laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Published in Children

ISSN: 2227-9067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

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