Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2009
Source: CancerConsultants.com
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have reported that high-dose thiotepa-based autologous transplant regimens are effective in children with recurrent medulloblastoma (MB) and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET). The details of this study appeared in an early online publication in Cancer on April 28, 2009.[1]
Medulloblastoma is a relatively rare brain tumor in children [...]
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Posted in News on Apr 22nd, 2009
After their 5-year-old son Adam died from an inoperable brain tumor in September, Doug and Sara Beiswanger wondered how their family would survive the pain.
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Posted in News, Research on Apr 20th, 2009
U-M researchers develop ‘parametric response map’ to analyze changes in a tumor’s blood flow, volume.
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Posted in News, Trials on Apr 15th, 2009
The primary purpose of this study is to test the safety and feasibility of giving a new experimental agent, called IL13-PE38QQR, directly into regions of the brain in patients with diffusely infiltrating pontine glioma (DIPG) or with recurrent or progressive supratentorial high-grade glioma (HGG) using a technique called convection-enhanced delivery or CED.
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Posted in News, Stories on Apr 15th, 2009
Neurosurgeons at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit used Twitter and YouTube to post live real-time updates of a brain surgery.
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Posted in News on Apr 13th, 2009
Blood and brain matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that is on part of a pillowcase at a Philadelphia museum is being sought for DNA testing.
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Posted in News, Research on Apr 6th, 2009
Preclinical results demonstrate that the Company’s nanoparticles—nanoPDT— selectively target tumor tissues and destroy them after activation by a laser.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 4th, 2009
Fasting for two days before chemotherapy might protect cancer patients against the toxic side effects of these powerful drugs by shielding healthy cells while dooming malignant cells to destruction, new research suggests.
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Posted in News, Protons on Apr 2nd, 2009
Woman whose son had to go to America for treatment asks minister to invest in same technology
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Posted in News, Research on Apr 1st, 2009
New research out of Spain suggests that THC — the active ingredient in marijuana — appears to prompt the death of brain cancer cells.
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