Clinical trials

Clinical trials are a major focus of the Pediatric Cancer Program and the

Falk Brain Tumor Center, and we offer a number of innovative institutional protocols including up front therapy for brain stem gliomas, treatment of neurofibromatosis, protocols involving stem cell rescue, as well as therapies for recurrent tumors.

CureSearch and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG)CureSearch unites the world’s largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children’s Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through our shared mission to cure childhood cancer. Research is the key to cure.Children’s

Memorial Hospital has many clinical trials open through CureSearch and the Children’s Oncology Group.

Please visit CureSearch for information regarding childhood cancer and available clinical trials at Children’s

Memorial Hospital.

Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium is a group that is dedicated to the treatment of childhood brain tumors. It is made up of ten pediatric neuro-oncology centers in the

United States. The PBTC is a clinical cooperative group (a network of hospitals working together) supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).Please visit PBTC for information regarding the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium and summaries of the clinical trials.

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