Pediatric brain tumors can be classified noninvasively at diagnosis

Medulloblastoma, the most commonly occurring malignant brain tumor in children, can be classified into four subgroups -- each with a different risk profile requiring subgroup-specific therapy. Investigators have now discovered that these subgroups can be determined non-invasively, using magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

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