Topic: Brain Tumors

November 18, 2007

Genentech's Avastin Shows Promise In Brain Cancer

A drug used for lung and colorectal cancer and originally excluded from use in brain cancers is offering hope for cancer patients with gliomas - a type of brain cancer that is ussually incurable in all cases. The drug could... ... more

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March 5, 2007

Brain Tumor Surgery Made Safer Using New Technology

Brain specialists at The Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital and the University of Cincinnati have taken a significant step forward in their quest to treat difficult tumors while preserving areas of the brain that are responsible for speech and movement.... ... more

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December 11, 2006

Natural Protein Stops Human Brain Cancer in Mice

Scientists from Johns Hopkins and from the University of Milan have effectively proven that they can inhibit lethal human brain cancers in mice using a protein - bone morphogenic protein 4, or BMP4, that selectively induces positive changes in the... ... more

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June 15, 2005

Chemotherapy For Brain Tumors Is Boosted After Vaccine Targets Resistance-related Antigen

According to new research, there's promising new hope on the horizon in the treatment of brain cancer and other 'difficult to treat' malignancies.

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