brain cancer treatment

Older Patients with brain tumors may benefit from more aggressive treatment

harminka — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:28:43 -0500

A new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) finds that elderly patients – 75 years old and older-- with malignant brain tumors are not treated as aggressively as patients between 65 and 75 years old. Furthermore, the researchers find that if patients over 75 years old are treated aggressively, such as with surgery and radiation, they have better survival rates.

Improving quality of life for brain tumour patients

harminka — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:31:19 -0500

A new neuroimaging study at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University aims to ensure the highest quality of life for patients by assessing their cognitive skills before, during, and after brain tumour surgery. This is done by mapping the important functional brain areas surrounding the tumour in order to decrease the risks during surgery.

A window to genetic properties of brain tumors

harminka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:04:14 -0500

Doctors diagnose and prescribe treatment for brain tumors by studying, under a microscope, tumor tissue and cell samples obtained through invasive biopsy or surgery.

Radiologists use special MRI to identify brain cancer early

harminka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:37:18 -0500

A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can depict changes in blood volume in the brain that often precede cancerous transformation of brain tumors, according to a new study published in the April issue of the journal Radiology.

Research to lead to brain tumor therapies

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:25:13 -0500

Unique human in vitro model (cell culture) research currently underway at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England is set to identify and develop therapies for the treatment of multiple tumours in the brain.

Gene plays 'Jekyll and Hyde' in brain cancer

harminka — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:03:33 -0600

Perhaps the only positive spin one can put on the brain cancer glioblastoma is that it’s relatively uncommon. Other than that, the news is bad. It is nearly always fatal, it tends to strike people in the prime of their lives, and the limited treatment options have changed little over decades.

New treatment suitable for all patients

harminka — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:43:28 -0600

New research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center suggests that a three-drug cocktail may one day improve outcomes in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a type of brain tumor with a dismal prognosis.

Drug study for brain cancer shows promising results

harminka — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:19:51 -0600

A clinical study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital on the use of a drug to extend the survival of patients with the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer, has yielded results that were significantly better than expected.

Avastin Shows Encouraging Results For Brain Cancer Treatment

admin_huliq — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:41:52 -0600

Results of Avastin phase II trial from Genentech slow down aggressive brain cancer in phase II study and could possibly provide brain cancer treatment.

Researchers make brain cancer breakthrough

Dinka — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:24:28 -0600

Australian researchers have identified five genes which they hope will improve treatment for people with brain tumours.

Common virus may help doctors treat deadly brain tumors

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:34:11 -0500

A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain tumors, according to study conducted by researchers at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. The researchers said the finding is an important step in developing a vaccine that can attack the tumors by enlisting the help of the body's immune system.

Mayo Clinic tests novel vaccine for aggressive brain tumors

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:08:28 -0500

A vaccine that has significantly increased life expectancy in early tests of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) − the most common, most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults − is now being offered through a clinical trial at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville.