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Cancer-Killing Virus Shows Promise as Metastatic Cancer Treatment
October 30, 2007 — The Seneca Valley Virus is a potent cancer killer and can differentiate between normal and cancerous cells. The virus may be a potential treatment for some metastatic cancers, such as small-cell lung ... > full story -
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Radiation Plus Chemo Quadruples Survival Time For Fatal Brain Cancer
October 29, 2007 — Over four times as many patients with a rapidly fatal type of brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, who are treated with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide and radiation therapy, can live for four ... > full story -
Common Virus May Help Doctors Treat Deadly Brain Tumors
October 22, 2007 — A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain tumors, according to a new study. The researchers said the finding is an important step in developing a vaccine that can ... > full story -
Mayo Clinic Tests Novel Vaccine For Aggressive Brain Tumors
October 22, 2007 — A vaccine that has significantly increased life expectancy in early tests of patients with glioblastoma multiforme -- the most common, most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults -- is now being ... > full story -
Clinical Trial Evaluating Brain Cancer Vaccine Is Underway
October 19, 2007 — A brain cancer vaccine in being trialed in newly diagnosed brain cancer patients. Brain tumors can cause many symptoms. Some of the most common are: headaches that are usually worse in the morning; ... > full story -
Drug Combination Might Offer Hope For Patients Deadly Brain Tumors
October 19, 2007 — Brain cancer patients with the poorest prognosis -- those with a type of deadly tumor known as glioblastoma multiforme -- may survive longer with a drug that chokes off a tumor's blood ... > full story -
Existing Drugs May Be Useful In Treating Brain Tumors, Study Suggests
October 16, 2007 — Scientists have shown how developing brain tumors can turn an encounter with a signaling molecule from a fatal experience for the tumor cells into a cue for their own growth and multiplication. The ... > full story -
Allergies Linked To Lower Risk Of Brain Cancer
October 10, 2007 — People with a history of allergies and related diseases have nearly a third lower risk of developing a certain brain cancer than those without the condition. Atopic diseases, which include asthma, ... > full story -
Customized Virus Kills Brain Tumor Stem Cells That Drive Lethal Cancer
September 11, 2007 — A tailored virus destroys brain tumor stem cells that resist other therapies and cause lethal re-growth of cancer after surgery, a mouse study shows. The virus was tested against the most aggressive ... > full story -
Experimental Anti-Cancer Drug Kills Brain Tumor Stem Cells
August 30, 2007 — A drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells thought to fuel tumor growth and help ... > full story
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