Targeted therapy shows effectiveness against a subtype of the brain tumor medulloblastoma

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) A subset of medulloblastoma tumors briefly stopped growing or disappeared entirely during treatment with vismodegib; St. Jude Children's Hospital led the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium trials in children and adults.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news