Brain Cancer News

Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body.

Thursday, 9 July 2009, 3:00 pm Press Release: Neurological Foundation The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand awarded more than $800,000 in research grants, travel grants and scholarships for its July 2009 funding round, announced on Friday, July 3. A further $300,000 was awarded under the University of Auckland, Centre for Brain Research ...

Josh Prochotsky is 16. He has brain cancer. Diagnosed in March 2008, he underwent a new radiation procedure called proton therapy that shrank his tumor without further injuring his brain.

Mayo Clinic and University of California-San Francisco medical researchers say they have found a connection between DNA alterations and brain cancer.

Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one.

Some Ross, Ohio baseball moms are making a pitch to 'strike out' brain cancer. Devastated by the plight of a boy on their sons' baseball team, Diane Siereveld and other moms are organizing the "Strike-Out Brain Cancer" benefit for the family of 9-year-old Nik Scheffler.

Over at the Kensington this afternoon, a benefit was held for Jayce Kringen, a 7 year-old who is fighting against brain cancer.

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for a novel device and methods for linking biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it to Washington to vote from home? Post Date July 1, 2009 The news that Al Franken is finally going to the Senate has prompted all sorts of musing about the Democrats' new supermajority.

There are new developments in the mysterious cases of tumors in Cameron, Missouri as the EPA says fertilizer used in four Missouri counties does not appear to cause brain cancer .

Posted By: Greg Wilcox He's good enough, he's smart enough, and, dog gone it, he's officially a Senator for the state of Minnesota.

A group of east Montgomery teens decided to do something special this summer. They set up a lemonade stand recently in the Halcyon area to raise money for charity.

His accent is unmistakable, but his voice sounds frail, less robust, and his face looks drawn.

With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has partnered with Castle Biosciences, Inc.

First, we heard there was a strange coincidence in the acreage area...neighbors within 3 miles of each other all with kids who had some form of brain cancer.

In February, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., suffering from brain cancer, rallied to return to the Senate and cast a decisive vote to help clear the way for President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

A United States senator has asked two federal agencies to investigate a cancer cluster in Palm Beach County.

A new three-dimensional computer protein map is helping researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham unravel the biological pathways that control brain-cell death after a stroke.

Jun 25, 2009 - Antigenics Inc. today announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has expanded its Phase 2 clinical trial of Oncophage to include NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.