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Colorado family prepares as funding to Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium comes to an end

by CBS News | February 27, 2026
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"Pediatric brain tumors are the second most common malignancy among children with cancer. They are the most deadly of childhood cancers," said Dr. Lia Gore, head of pediatric oncology at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Gore says the ending of the federal funds "feels like it is a direct insult to those who have invested their lives in doing this."