PLGA Foundation
Unite to fight children's brain tumors
Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytomas are the most common form of children's brain tumor. PLGA kids need you!
About PLGAs
Video Gallery
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| A Patient's Perspective |
Emily, age 16, is a PLGA survivor and she shares her insight into her experience after being diagnosed with a JPA. (Video) |
| Advances in Radiation Therapy | In this short video, Dr. Packer shares with the audience some new advances in radiation therapy. |
| Advances In Reversal Of Neuro-cognitive Damage | In this short video, Dr. Packer shares with the audience some new insights into scientific studies targeted at reversing cognitive damage to pediatric brain tumor patients |
| Benign Vs Malignant Defined | In this short video, Dr. Turner shares with the audience a concise definitions of benign versus malignant as these terms pertain specifically to the pediatric brain tumor patient. |
| Developments in Hydrocephalus | In this short video, Dr. Wong shares with the audience some of the new insights into treatment of hydrocephalus in pediatric brain tumor patients. |
| Developments in Immuno-Vaccines | In this short video, Dr. Kieran shares with the audience some of the new insights into potential immuno-vaccine treatments for pediatric brain tumor patients. |
| Importance of Collaboration | In this short video, Dr. Kieran shares with the audience some of his insights into potential for an accelerated pace of research based on the new, collaborative focus, of medical experts around the world. |
| Protocol Defined | In this short video, Dr. Kieran shares a concise definition of the way a clinical trial protocol is structured and Dr. Goldman defines the three different Phases that a clinical trial can be registered. |
| DFCI May 2008 | In May 2008, Co directors of the PLGA Research Program, Dr. Chuck Stiles and Dr. Mark Kieran, spent a few hours with a number of PLGA families for a round table discussion about the strategy of the PLGA Research Program. |
| Find a Better Way | The PLGA Foundation is proud to introduce you to the true heros in this story. Our numbers are growing as more PLGA families find our foundation and they unite with us in the fight to 'find a better way'. These children, and countless others, fight their own private battles with PLGA every day. We stand in AWE of their perserverance and spirit. This is what inspires us to make a difference, to 'find a better way' and find a cure for the most common form of childhood brain tumors. |
| Zebra Fish Model | Dr. Thomas Look, Pediatric Oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute leads the Zebra Fish Facility in altering the zebra fish model to include PLGA brain tumors. The purpose of the study is to accelerate the testing of EXISTING drugs on the PLGA tumors by using the zebra fish as test models. The outcome of these tests will help guide researchers to focus on specific drugs that can then be tested in more sophisticated animal models. |
| Hailey’s Chemotherapy Visit | Hailey’s parents share their experience taking their 2 year old daughter, Hailey, for her weekly chemotherapy treatment. |