A Ludwig Cancer Research study has for the first time exhaustively analyzed immune cells known as neutrophils that reside in brain tumors, including gliomas, which develop in the brain itself, and cancers that spread there ...
Sep 27, 2023
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The blood-brain barrier, the body's way of shielding sensitive brain tissue from viruses, toxins and other harmful substances in the blood, can pose a problem for physicians caring for patients with suspected brain diseases ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM) have successfully tested a new form of cellular immunotherapy against brain tumors in mice for the first time.
Sep 26, 2023
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Tumor vaccines can help the body fight cancer. These vaccines alert the patient's immune system to proteins that are carrying cancer-typical alterations.
Sep 21, 2023
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Children with neuroblastoma—responsible for 15% of cancer deaths in this age group—could in future be given treatments with fewer side-effects than those associated with the current chemotherapy, thanks to a discovery ...
Sep 20, 2023
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A research team led by Shir Filo and Prof. Aviv Mezer of the Safra Center for Brain Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ELSC) and Dr. Tal Shahar, currently Director of the Neurosurgical Oncology Unit at the Neurosurgery ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and four other institutions have developed a molecular test to identify the presence of brain tumors by measuring abnormal ...
Sep 6, 2023
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A new map of the network of genetic changes that drive the development of brain tumors has been revealed by UCL researchers. The genetic map, published in Brain, is comparable to a map of the London Underground—where different ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Peripheral neural spread (PNS) is a specific mode of cancerous invasion where tumor cells utilize nerves as pathways for local extension. This phenomenon is particularly significant in the realm of head and neck malignancies ...
Sep 6, 2023
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A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds new light on why tumors that have spread to the brain from other parts of the body respond to immunotherapy while glioblastoma, an aggressive ...
Sep 1, 2023
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