Latest Brain tumor Stories
Death of first wife makes things more personal for scientist working to improve quality of life of brain tumor patients receiving radiation therapy WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center HealthWire: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111114/DC06171LOGO) Mike Robbins knows all too well the likely outcome when patients are diagnosed with brain tumors that are "high grade." The median...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appear to have a lower cancer risk, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. The study, published in the current issue of the journal Brain, is the first to investigate overall cancer risk in MS patients in North America. "Because the immune system plays important roles in both cancer and MS, we wanted to know whether the risk of cancer is different for people with MS," says Elaine...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project lifts lid on the most aggressive subtype of medulloblastoma and finds genes that cooperate in tumor development Researchers studying the genetic roots of the most common malignant childhood brain tumor have discovered missteps in three of the four subtypes of the cancer that involve genes already targeted for drug development. The most significant gene alterations are linked to subtypes of...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers studying the genetic roots of the most common malignant childhood brain tumor have discovered missteps in three of the four subtypes of the cancer that involve genes already targeted for drug development. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/52994-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-gene-sequencing-project The most significant gene alterations are...
SAN DIEGO, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoSec Medical Inc. (OTCBB: ONCS), a company developing the OncoSec Medical System (OMS) ElectroOncology therapies to treat advanced-stage solid tumors, announced the Commissioner of Patents, Commonwealth of Australia Patent Office recently granted a new Method of Use patent (Patent Application No. 2007224275, "Method and Device for Treating Microscopic Residual Tumors Remaining in Tissues Following Surgical Resection") for the company's OMS...
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for new diagnostic tools for a deadly type of brain tumor that mainly targets children. The study, published in the latest edition of the prestigious journal 'Lancet Oncology, was led by Professor Richard Grundy at the University's Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre and Dr Suzanne Miller, a post doctoral research fellow in the Centre. It focuses on a rare...
Annual educational gathering to be held July 27-29 in Chicago Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 15, 2012 More than 30 nationally recognized brain tumor experts will lead sessions on brain tumor research, treatment and quality of life issues at the American Brain Tumor Association’s Patient and Family Conference, taking place in Chicago from Friday, July 27 through Sunday, July 29. The conference includes sessions on brain tumor pathology, tumor-specific treatment and care updates, pediatric...
Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a new study on cell phone radiation side effects, which found a link between cell phone radiation exposure by pregnant mice and behavioral problems in their offspring. New York, New York (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing clients injured by cell phone radiation side effects, reports on a March 15, 2012 study, which found that exposure to cell phone radiation during pregnancy leads to hyperactivity and other...
Molecular imaging technique provides vital information about the body's response to therapy faster and more safely for patients with an aggressive type of brain tumor A study revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 59th Annual Meeting provides some hope for those with a malignant brain cancer called glioma. A method of molecular imaging that mimics an essential amino acid in the brain can now gauge whether the cancer is still active as early as two weeks after the start of treatment...
Evolution of brain tumor cells under treatment reveal that it is the peripheral tumor cells that need to be targeted An Israeli physicist has developed a theoretical model to simulate the evolution of highly proliferating brain tumor core cells subjected to treatment by alternating radio frequency electric field. The research, by Alexander Iomin from the Israel Institute of Technology Technion in Haifa, is about to be published in EPJ E¹. In another model, the author examines the...
