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Nanoparticles Used To Target Brain Cancer
November 15, 2006 — Tiny particles one-billionth of a meter in size can be loaded with high concentrations of drugs designed to kill brain cancer. What's more, these nanoparticles can be used to image and track tumors ... > full story -
Newly Identified Biomarker Detects And Regulates Spread Of Brain Tumors
November 12, 2006 — Researchers have identified a novel biomarker for brain tumors and have uncovered a potential role the marker may play when the tumor spreads or comes back after treatment. The biomarker, a protein ... > full story -
Study Suggests Potential Underlying Cause For Dementia After Cancer Treatment
November 7, 2006 — Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have identified changes in brain chemistry that may be associated with the dementia that many cancer patients develop after whole-brain ... > full story -
Researchers Study Effects Of Aricept In Pediatric Brain Cancer Survivors
November 3, 2006 — A pediatric oncologist at Brenner Children's Hospital is evaluating whether a drug typically used to treat Alzheimer's patients will help brain cancer survivors avoid the learning and memory problems ... > full story -
Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Radiation Face Increased Risk Of Tumors Later In Life
November 1, 2006 — University of Minnesota cancer researchers found that children who received radiation treatment for cancer face an increased risk for brain and spinal column tumors later in ... > full story -
Radiation Increases Risk Of Second Primary Tumors For Childhood Survivors
October 31, 2006 — Radiation exposure may increase the risk of brain and spinal column tumors in survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study in the November 1 Journal of the National Cancer ... > full story -
New Cancer-Fighting Virus Kills Invasive Brain Cells
October 31, 2006 — Alberta researchers have developed a virus that, given intravenously, destroys the most malignant form of brain cancer in mice. The research is being published Nov. 1 in the Journal of the National ... > full story -
Harnessing The Measles Virus To Attack Cancer
October 30, 2006 — Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has opened a new clinical study using a vaccine strain of the measles virus to attack recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, a largely untreatable brain ... > full story -
Pioneering Study Looks At P53's Role In Tumor-Stroma Interactions
October 25, 2006 — Researchers have conducted the first comprehensive study of the role an important tumor suppressor gene plays in cancer development. P53 is known as a major tumor suppressor that is frequently ... > full story -
Killing Brain Tumors From Within: A 'Trojan Horse' Approach
October 25, 2006 — A new method for targeting malignant brain tumors through inducing the cancerous cells to "commit suicide" has been developed by a team of researchers headed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem ... > full story
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