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Researchers At Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Uncover Clue To Explain Invasive Brain Tumors
January 10, 2006 — Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, or gliomas, and their ... > full story -
Radiotherapy Advance Points Way To Noninvasive Brain Cancer Treatment
January 1, 2006 — In the Jan. 1, 2006 issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research, a University of Wisconsin-Madison physics team reports on research into using a new radiotherapy technique for fighting glioblastoma ... > full story -
Patients Regain Cognitive Function After Radiation For Brain Tumors
November 26, 2005 — Patients who suffer from low-grade brain tumors are able to regain normal cognitive function after receiving radiation therapy to shrink their tumor, according to a study published in the November ... > full story -
Poxvirus Used To Fight Cancer: Malignant Human Brain Tumors 'Cured' In Mice
November 17, 2005 — A cross-Canada scientific collaboration has successfully tested a potent new cancer-fighting virus that eliminates malignant brain tumors and prolongs survival in mice with a single injection. The ... > full story -
UCLA Discovery Will Aid In Treatment Of Patients With A Deadly Brain Cancer
November 10, 2005 — Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer have identified key characteristics in certain deadly brain tumors that make them 51 times more likely to respond to a specific class of drugs than tumors in ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Improves Chemo Drug's Effects In Experimental Brain Tumor Model
November 7, 2005 — Attempts to improve the chemotherapeutic efficacy and radiotherapy-sensitivity of the anticancer agent, gemcitabine, using gene therapy have yielded interesting results in preclinical glioma models ... > full story -
New Therapeutic Target Identified In Inherited Brain Tumor Disorder
November 3, 2005 — Researchers studying a mouse model of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that causes childhood brain tumors, have found their second new drug target in a year, a protein called methionine ... > full story -
Novel Treatment Target For Deadly Brain Tumors Identified
October 31, 2005 — Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have identified a second promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most deadly types of brain tumors. The ... > full story -
New Radiation Technique Helps Brain Cancer Patients Keep Their Hair
October 17, 2005 — Patients whose cancer has spread to the brain can avoid typical hair loss (alopecia) when treated with newer radiation techniques, thereby improving their quality of life while still controlling ... > full story -
Hopkins Geneticist Discovers Mutations In Cancer Cells That Suggest New Forms Of Treatment
September 28, 2005 — Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified three new genetic mutations in brain tumors, a discovery that could pave the way for more effective cancer treatments. The Hopkins team, in conjunction ... > full story
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