Brain Tumour facts- 10 things you should know about brain tumours
- the most common brain tumour in children - but it can take weeks for current tests to pinpoint the type for treatment to begin.Jack has just completed treatment for the cancer but faced a weeks-long wait to identify the type of medulloblastoma he was suffering fromare fast-growing and likely to spread to other areas of the brain and spinal cord, with about 52 children diagnosed with them each year.
Lead author Andrew Peet, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Paediatric Oncology at the University of Birmingham, said: “Time is so important in cancer diagnosis so our findings on different types of medulloblastoma having a detectable signature metabolism could be game changing for quickly diagnosing, and then offering the best possible treatment for children.”Medics might also collect a small sample of cerebrospinal fluid - called a lumbar puncture - or take a sample of the tumour to test it.
Taking cell samples from 86 tumours, researchers were able to identify metabolic markers for medulloblastoma, including chemicals that acted as a genetic fingerprint for each of the four different types of tumour.These kinds of markers can give doctors information about what treatment is likely to be effective and how the tumour may develop,This could sharply reduce the current four-week wait for a full diagnosis, scientists said.
Jack pulled through the 10-hour operation to remove the tumour, but it took more than four weeks for doctors to figure out what specific type of medulloblastoma he had in order to effectively treat it.“In Jack’s case there was quite a delay while they sent his tumour to Great Ormond Street to be analysed.
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