News tagged with gliomas
Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy beneficial for recurrent low-grade glioma
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy was well-tolerated and improved symptoms in patients with recurrent low-grade glioma, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. The data were presented ...
Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a compound that could be modified to treat one of the most deadly types of cancer, and discovered how a particular gene mutation ...
Fluorescent cancer cells to guide brain surgeons
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from glial (supporting) cells of the brain. Gliomas are often resistant to chemotherapy. These tumors grow fine extensions that infiltrate normal brain tissue and, in addition, ...
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Fruit flies soar as lab model, drug screen for the deadliest of human brain cancers
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Fruit flies and humans share most of their genes, including 70 percent of all known human disease genes. Taking advantage of this remarkable evolutionary conservation, researchers at the Salk Institute for ...
Gliomas exploit immune cells of the brain for rapid expansion
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Gliomas are among the most common and most malignant brain tumors. These tumors infiltrate normal brain tissue and grow very rapidly. As a result, surgery can never completely remove the tumor. Now, the neurosurgeons Dr. ...
Mayo Clinic identifies best treatments for long-term survival in brain tumor patients
Dec 03, 2008 |
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A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients ...
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center opens patient trial of virus that attacks brain cancer cells
Apr 16, 2008 |
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A common, naturally occurring virus that attacks cancer cells but appears to be harmless to normal cells is being studied as a possible treatment for malignant, highly aggressive and deadly brain tumors called gliomas. Researchers ...
Newly discovered gene could be a prime target in the most lethal brain cancer
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University have discovered mutations in two genes that could become therapeutic targets in malignant glioma, a dangerous class of brain tumors.
Cancer metabolism discovery uncovers new role of IDH1 gene mutation in brain cancer
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene. This breakthrough ...
Study finds clue to migrating cancer cells
Jan 11, 2006 |
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Scientists have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of aggressive brain tumors called gliomas.
Avastin effective at delaying brain tumor progression in recurrent disease
Apr 06, 2009 |
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The use of Avastin alone to treat a subgroup of recurrent Grade 3 brain tumors showed it was safe and effective at delaying tumor progression, according to a retrospective study of 22 patients conducted by a researcher at ...
Reversing effects of altered enzyme may fight brain tumor growth
Apr 14, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists from the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, the University of North Carolina and several institutions in China have explained how a gene alteration can lead ...
Do cell phones increase brain cancer risk?
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Major research initiatives are needed immediately to assess the possibility that using cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of brain tumors, according to an editorial in the November issue of the journal Surgical Ne ...
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