Oncology & Cancer
Norwegian superfluid is now helping brain surgeons
According to the Cancer Registry of Norway, around 1,000 people in Norway are diagnosed with brain tumours every year.
Feb 22, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New drive to cut childhood brain tumour diagnosis times
A new campaign to reduce the time it takes to diagnose brain tumours in children and young people has being launched today.
Jan 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
High response rate in phase I/II paediatric brain cancer trial
A high response rate with a single drug in a phase I/II trial of paediatric brain tumour has set the stage for combination therapy with higher response and lower toxicity, researchers reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress in ...
Oct 7, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Commercialising gas bubbles for cancer drug delivery
Researchers are now working to design stable micro-bubbles which, combined with ultrasound, can deliver cancer drugs straight to the target tumour.
Apr 13, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Analysis of blood parameters helps to establish prognosis for patients with brain metastases
A new MedUni Vienna study conducted in the Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) Vienna shows that certain laboratory results, which have previously not been used specifically for this purpose, can help to predict survival in ...
Sep 25, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Improving cancer treatment through better imaging technologies
Since January 2014, the HELICOID project has been developing hyperspectral imaging technologies capable of differentiating between healthy and diseased tissues. The February 2015 meeting in Brussels enabled project partners ...
Mar 6, 2015
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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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Medical research
Researchers develop method that automatically delimits areas of the brain in medical images
A piece of research submitted by the Artificial Intelligence and Approximate Reasoning Group (GIARA) of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre received an award from the European Association of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing ...
Sep 19, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Pairing cancer treatments shows patient improvement
Combining two common brain tumour treatments could lead to greater results, according to preliminary data from Western Oncology professor Dr. Barbara Fisher.
Sep 6, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
How the EU could help more children survive cancer
A leading expert in childhood cancer at The University of Nottingham is spearheading a Europe-wide lobby of the European Parliament to try to make it easier for doctors to develop and test new treatments on children and young ...
May 24, 2013
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