While the overall survival rate for children with cancer has improved over the last 50 years, enormous challenges still exist for those with brain tumors. Pediatric neuro-oncologists and neurosurgeons understand that a different tack is needed to make progress against these cancers. At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health, the pediatric brain tumor team has embarked on an ambitious effort to collect brain tumor tissue for molecular analysis —...
