Delivering the future of paediatric brain tumour therapy

Dr Lisa Ruff is a an alumnus of the Gilbertson lab at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, and an ex member of our Neuro-oncology Programme and the CRUK Children's Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence.

Paediatric brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children – we need new approaches to therapeutics.

Here, Dr Lisa Ruff tells us why drug delivery is so important for the treatment of central nervous system tumours – and why hydrogels could be key to a breakthrough…