In this month’s featured publication, Drs. Ligon, Beroukhim, Kieran and colleagues published a study of the treatment and outcome of children with myxopapillary ependymomas (MPE), a rare spinal tumor.  They examined the diagnosis, imaging, treatment and clinical outcome of eighteen children over a period of 30 years, and found patients with MPE have an excellent overall clinical survival rate, and recommended that treatment strategies to minimize toxicity due to irradiation and chemotherapy approaches.