Oncology & Cancer
New cause of child brain tumor condition identified
Gorlin syndrome causes an increased risk of developing cancers of the skin and, rarely, in the brain. Around 1 in 30,000 people has the condition.
Dec 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors may work in brain cancers
New evidence that immune checkpoint inhibitors may work in glioblastoma and brain metastases was presented today by Dr Anna Sophie Berghoff at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Nov 21, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Childhood central nervous system cancer affects identity in adulthood
Patients who have been treated for cancer of the central nervous system (brain tumours) in childhood or adolescence can show affected self-perception and self-identity in adulthood. This is concluded in a recent study from ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Health
Childhood brain tumours linked with parents' activities
An Australia-wide case-control study has found men who refuel their cars more than four times per month or use a closed wood heater before their child's birth may increase the risk of their offspring developing brain tumours.
Nov 11, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene 'switches' could predict when breast cancers will spread to the brain
Scientists have found a pattern of genetic 'switches' – chemical marks that turn genes on or off - that are linked to breast cancer's spread to the brain, according to research* presented at the National Cancer Research ...
Nov 4, 2014
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Neuroscience
New findings show that different brain tumors have the same origin
Glioma is a common name for serious brain tumours. Different types of glioma are usually diagnosed as separate diseases and have been considered to arise from different cell types in the brain. Now researchers at Uppsala ...
Oct 28, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
University of Calgary research leads to brain cancer clinical trial
Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma – the ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Experimental brain tumour therapy considered for NHS fast track
A new immunotherapy for a form of brain cancer has become the first in the UK to be designated (link is external) a 'Promising Innovative Medicine' (PIM) as part of a scheme to speed up access to experimental new treatments.
Sep 18, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Children's cancer death rates drop by more than 20 per cent in 10 years
The rate of children dying from cancer has dropped by 22 per cent in the last decade, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK at the start of Children's Cancer Awareness Month.
Sep 1, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Brain tumour cells found circulating in blood
(Medical Xpress)—German scientists have discovered rogue brain tumour cells in patient blood samples, challenging the idea that this type of cancer doesn't generally spread beyond the brain.
Aug 1, 2014
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