News and Registry Research

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Jordan Hansford, MD
3-30-2018

Dr. Jordan R. Hansford Clinical Lead – Neuro-Oncology group Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne   1. Where are you from?/Where did you study? I was born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada and grew up in Toronto, ON. I did pre-med/life sciences and Masters in pathology (cancer genetics) at Queen’s Universi…

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Sidnei Epelman, M.D.
3-12-2018

Dr. Sidnei Epelman Director, Pediatric Oncology Department, Santa Marcelina Hospital Founder and President, TUCCA Association for Children and Adolescents with Cancer http://www.tucca.org.br/ President, INCTR Brasil http://www.inctr.org/   Where are you from?/Where did you study? Brazil, São…

International DIPG Registry Cluster Statement
2-13-2018

We have had multiple questions about DIPG clusters in several geographic areas of the United States. We wanted to provide an official statement from the DIPG Registry that has been recently approved by our Steering Committee: “The International DIPG Registry currently includes 48 participating site…

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Carl Koschmann, M.D.
9-26-2017

Carl Koschmann, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, University of Michigan Where are you from?/Where did you study? I was born in Wisconsin, and raised mostly in Illinois.  My study has traversed many of the Big Ten institutions – undergraduate at University of Illinois, Medical Sc…

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, M.D.
9-12-2017

Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, M.D. Professor, Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 Where are you from?/Where did you study? I am from Egypt and I studied in Cairo University. What are you researching right now? Randomized study of 2 hypofractionated radiotherapy versu…