Jessie Ng
Kansas City, MO USA
About
Research Faculty PhD; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Research Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Translational Research, Noninvasive Imaging, Ini1/Snf5/Smarcb1, Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT), Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors, Medulloblastoma, Pediatric Brain Cancer, Oncology, Mouse Model, Targeted Therapy, Neurobiology, High-Throughput Drug Screening
research
Interests
Medulloblastoma
Medulloblastomas comprises the vast majority of pediatric embryonal tumors and by definition arise in the posterior fossa, where they constitute approximately 40% of all posterior fossa tumors. Other forms of embryonal tumors each make up 2% or less of all childhood brain tumors.The clinical feature
Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Central nervous system (CNS) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a very rare, fast-growing tumor of the brain and spinal cord. It usually occurs in children aged three years and younger, although it can occur in older children and adults. About half of these tumors form in the cerebellum or