News and Research

Butterfly Release Marked Second Annual Ependymoma Awareness Day
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the CERN Foundation host event to bring attention to a rare brain tumor that strikes both children and adults.

Kim Wallgren Featured In Brain Tumour Magazine
 The International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA) featured CERN member, Kimberly Wallgren in a recent issue of the Brain Tumour Magazine.

What the CERN Foundation is learning and how are we advancing?
As part of our on-going efforts to meet the informational needs and expectations of the patients, caregivers and medical staff who visit our website, we are constantly reaching out to the ependymoma community to find out what more we can do to help educate those individuals affected by ependymoma.

Students From Joplin Host Chili Cook Off
 Three students from Joplin, Elaina Warren, Emily Watson and Michael Gonzalez, wanted to help fellow classmate and friend, Cooper Vocelka, reach his goal to raise money and awareness for brain cancer research.

Kayla’s Family and Friends Honor Her Memory
As Kayla’s 13th birthday approached on January 28, 2013, aunts Debbie and Julie, struggled with how to both celebrate her life and honor her memory. This would be the first birthday that her parents would have to mark without Kayla, who passed away in 2012 after a five-year long battle with ependymoma.  

CERN Foundation At The Annual Society For Neuro-Oncology Meeting
The CERN Foundation were invited to present two oral platform talks and five poster presentations at the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education of the Society for Neuro-Oncology on November 15-18, 2012, in Washington DC. 

Adjuvant Radiotherapy Delays Recurrence Following Subtotal Resection of Spinal Cord Ependymomas
 This article represents a secondary analysis of existing published data of the impact of the extent of surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy in adults with spinal cord ependymoma.

Increased Expression of Tumor-associated Antigens in Pediatric and Adult Ependymomas: Implication for Vaccine Therapy
 A group of investigators at the University of Pittsburgh are investigating a peptide-based vaccine therapy targeting EphA2, IL-13Ra2, and Survinin for the treatment of pediatric tumors.

New Article From England Explored the Impact of Caring for Children with Brain Tumors on Mothers
 The diagnosis of a brain tumors, including ependymoma, in children can impact not only the child but the entire family. This study is a qualitative study.

Pediatric Study Group Publish Paper on Lack of Efficacy of Bevacizumab Plus Irinotecan in Pediatric Recurrent Ependymoma
Study, conducted by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, was one component of a wider effort to study the efficacy of bevacizumab in combination with a conventional chemotherapeutic agent (here irinotecan) to treat children with recurrent brain tumors.

Phase II Study of Pre-irradiation Chemotherapy For Childhood Intracranial Ependymoma
This study demonstrates that ependymoma is a tumor that responds to chemotherapy.

Retrospective Evaluation of Factors Associated with Prognosis in Children Treated for Ependymoma in Australia
A retrospective evaluation of tumor and treatment characteristics of 43 children treated for ependymoma anaplastic ependymoma treated at New South Wales Cancer Center bewtween 1969 and 2009.