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New Compound Unusually Potent At Blocking Brain Cancer Growth
May 15, 2006 — By determining how a class of compounds blocks signaling in cells, UCSF scientists have identified what is perhaps the most potent drug candidate yet against a highly lethal kind of brain ... > full story -
Cancer Therapy Based On Anatomical Location May Soon Be Obsolete
May 6, 2006 — The results of a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis could eventually have oncologists removing their specialties from their shingles by making therapy based on a ... > full story -
Targeted Virus Compels Cancer Cells To Eat Themselves
May 2, 2006 — An engineered virus homes in on and infects brain cancer cells, sparing normal tissue, and kills tumor cells by triggering a self-cannibalization ... > full story -
Study Finds Novel Vaccine Curbs Brain Tumor Growth, Increases Survival
April 26, 2006 — A novel vaccine has significantly increased life expectancy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most dangerous type of brain tumor, a researcher from The University of Texas M. D. ... > full story -
Growth Factor-Promoting Angiogenesis Expressed In Tumor Cells And Normal Neurons
April 10, 2006 — Scientists have discovered that a stem cell factor overexpressed both in brain tumor cells and in neurons following brain injury promotes tumor survival by inducing angiogenesis. The research study, ... > full story -
Drug Helps Cognitive Function In Brain Tumor Patients After Radiation
March 18, 2006 — A drug that is marketed to treat Alzheimer's disease also improves cognitive function, mood and quality of life in brain tumor patients following radiation therapy, according to a research team at ... > full story -
Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Deliver New Cytokine To Kill Brain Tumor Cells, Offer Protection
March 1, 2006 — Gliomas are highly invasive brain tumors with poorly defined borders. Cancer cells separate from the main tumor and migrate to form satellites that escape treatment and often lead to recurrence. An ... > full story -
Johns Hopkins Scientists Map Brain Area That May Aid Hunt For Human Brain Stem Cells
February 16, 2006 — A study led by a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon has provided the first comprehensive map of a part of the adult human brain containing astrocytes, cells known to produce growth factors critical to the ... > full story -
New Targeted Treatment For Brain Tumors Shows Promise In Pre-Clinical Models
February 15, 2006 — Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors, and also one of the most complicated cancers to treat. Treatment options such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are only marginally beneficial ... > full story -
Mobile Phone Use Not Linked To Increased Risk Of Glioma Brain Tumors, According To New Study
January 19, 2006 — Mobile phones are not associated with an increased risk of the most common type of brain tumour, finds the first UK study of the relationship between mobile phone use and risk of glioma. The results ... > full story
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