Oncology & Cancer
Scientists caution that a rare childhood liver cancer can spread to the brain
Early detection is key for managing metastatic brain cancer. Above, a secondary brain tumor originating from melanoma skin cancer.
Mar 14, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers working on blood test to detect brain metastases while still treatable
Houston Methodist cancer researchers are now closer to creating a blood test that can identify breast cancer patients who are at increased risk for developing brain metastasis, and also monitor disease progression and response ...
Aug 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem cell-based therapy for targeting skin-to-brain cancer
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have a potential solution for how to kill tumor cells that have metastasized to the brain. The team has developed cancer-killing viruses ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Two combination therapies shrink melanoma brain metastases in more than half of patients
High response rates to a pair of combination therapies point to potentially new options for a group of metastatic melanoma patients who have been largely left out of recent treatment progress - those whose disease has spread ...
Jun 5, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted radiosurgery better than whole-brain radiation for treating brain tumors
Tumors that originate in other organs of the body and spread to the brain are known as metastatic brain tumors. According to the American Brain Tumor Association, this type of tumor is the most common in adults, affecting ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Studies link cancer patient's survival time to insurance status
Privately insured people with two types of cancer were diagnosed earlier and lived longer than those who were uninsured or were covered by Medicaid, according to two new studies.
Sep 23, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Stereotactic radiosurgery may be best for patients with metastatic brain tumors
Patients with three or fewer metastatic brain tumors who received treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) had less cognitive deterioration three months after treatment than patients who received SRS combined with whole ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
New research opens the 'black box' of malignant melanoma
When malignant melanoma metastasizes to the brain, it is a death sentence for most patients. Metastatic melanoma is the deadliest of the skin cancers and the mechanisms that govern early metastatic growth and interactions ...
Jul 25, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
When cancer makes its way to the brain
Only half of brain cancers actually start in the brain. The rest—as in the case of former President Jimmy Carter—are metastatic tumors from cancer that originated elsewhere in the body.
Aug 27, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem-cell-based therapy promising for treatment of breast cancer metastases in the brain
Investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have developed an imageable mouse model of brain-metastatic breast cancer and shown the potential of a stem-cell-based therapy to ...
Apr 24, 2015
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