Brain Cancer News

On the 125th year anniversary of the first successful surgery to remove a brain tumor, brain cancer survivors unite to raise awareness of an experimental vaccine that has saved their lives.

October 24, 2008 may be the worst day of Steve and Kathie Thompson's life. That's the day their 17-year-old daughter passed away after a four-and-a-half year fight with brain cancer.

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Cambridge, MA A- November 23, 2009 A- Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene.

Roche announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use , which is responsible for conducting the initial assessment of medicinal products that have been filed for marketing authorisation in Europe, has issued a negative opinion relating to the approval of Avastin alone or in combination with irinotecan chemotherapy for the ...

Cindy and Ron Ferguson have come a long way since his diagnosis with brain cancer 20 years ago.

At first, it wasn't what Dick Vitale was saying, but how Vitale said it that grabbed David Nail's attention.

U.S. scientists say they've developed the world's first brain cancer treatment that involves directly spraying a chemotherapy agent onto the tumor.

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists are studying a new method that may inhibit breast cancer cells' ability to grow and spread.

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The findings of this research really suck : When Seattle oncologist Dr. Marc Chamberlain was treating his brain cancer patients, he noticed an alarming pattern.

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that a newly published study shows that a phosphatidylserine -targeting antibody similar to the company's lead product candidate bavituximab demonstrated potent anti-tumor activity when combined with radiation in a model of aggressive brain cancer, doubling the survival time of test animals and producing ...

GARDEN GROVE The Rev. Ginny Wheeler has been appointed as senior minister at the United Methodist Church in the city the first woman in that position.

Ryan Kruzicke seems to make friends easily. The 5-year-old Newfane first-grader just made some new ones in two schools in another district.

Successful Community Cancer Benefit For Everett Dunlap At Cafe Madison In Riverside RIVERSIDE, NJ November 3, 2009 A Community Benefit was held on Sunday, November 1st for Everett Dunlap, a personable 16 year old from Riverside.

A NANOTECHNOLOGY therapy that attacks cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" is to begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine .

A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" will begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine.

A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" is to begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine, The Times has learnt.

Survivors of childhood brain tumors often suffer lasting problems with memory and other "cognitive" functions, results of a study indicate.

Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.