To describe cases of optic pathway glioma (OPG) warranting treatment in children. Although benign tumours, OPG can behave very aggressively in young children. Both chemotherapy and en-bloc excision ...

It has been several months since Dr. Lane Rutledge, who was our colleague in the UAB NF Clinic, passed away unexpectedly, and her absence has been felt by those of us in the NF Clinic as well as by ...

All patients with monofocal OPG seen from January 2004 to January 2011 were included. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA, LogMAR), contrast sensitivity (Hiding-Heidi low-contrast ‘face’ test (HH) and ...

November 12, 2009 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — The authors of a study assessing the use of screening magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose central nervous system (CNS) pathology and other CNS ...

Nearly 20% of children with NF1 develop pLGGs along the optic pathway, also known as NF1-associated optic pathway glioma (NF1-OPG). Despite many advances in cancer therapy, there are no definitive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Michael Fisher, MD, discusses the results of a natural history study he presented ...

Specific vulnerability in a developmental signaling pathway can be hijacked to drive pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) formation as per a pre-clinical study published in Developmental Cell. It was ...

DETROIT, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gilbert Family Foundation, a private nonprofit established by Jennifer and Dan Gilbert to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), today ...

Last December, 4-year-old Lilli Durante woke up one morning and her left eye was crossed. Her parents took her to numerous doctors and eventually learned Lilli had an optic pathway glioma, cancerous ...