Brain Cancer

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- Genes spread breast cancer cells to brain - 3.4
- Family history of brain tumors raises brain cancer risk - 3.3
- Gene mutations cause childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma - 3.2
- Cell phone usage not causing brain tumor - 3.1
- Brain cancer vaccine prepared from brain tumor proves effective - 2.8
- Avastin approved for brain cancer Glioblastoma - 2.7
- Stem cells take cues from CSF fluid in brain - 2.4
- Smoking during pregnancy increases cancer risk in child - 2.4
- Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows brain cancer spread - 2.3
- Neratinib shows promise in trastuzumab resistant breast cancer - 2.3

Brain Cancer articles

Brain cancer vaccine prepared from brain tumor proves effective
A new brain cancer vaccine tailored to individual patients by using material from their own tumors has proven effective in a multicenter phase 2 clinical trial at extending their lives by several months or longer. The patients suffered from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme-which kills thousands of Americans every year.

Antibody may cure variety of human cancers
Human tumors transplanted into laboratory mice disappeared or shrank when scientists treated the animals with a single antibody. This antibody works by masking a protein flag on cancer cells that protects them from macrophages and other cells in the immune system.

Stem cells take cues from CSF fluid in brain
Proteins in fluids bathing the brain are essential for building the brain, revealed by researchers in the journal Neuron. The finding promises to advance research related to neurological disease, cancer and stem cells.

Cell phone usage not causing brain tumor
There was no substantial change in brain tumor incidence among adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage sharply increased, revealed by researchers.

Neratinib shows promise in trastuzumab resistant breast cancer
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that a combination of trastuzumab and neratinib (HKI-272) a novel small molecule inhibitor of the HER2 receptor (ErbB2) appears active in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have progressed on previous trastuzumab based therapies.

Genes spread breast cancer cells to brain
New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms by which this spread occurs.

Avastin approved for brain cancer Glioblastoma
Genentech, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for people with glioblastoma with progressive disease following prior therapy.

Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows brain cancer spread
By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone.

Gene mutations cause childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma
Researchers funded by the Canadian Cancer Society have discovered eight similar genes that, when mutated, appear to be responsible for medulloblastoma – the most common of childhood brain cancers.

Brain cancer malignant glioma linked to gene mutations
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University have discovered mutations in two genes that could become therapeutic targets in malignant glioma, a dangerous class of brain tumors.

Brain cancer glioblastoma study possible with mouse model
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a versatile mouse model of glioblastoma-the most common and deadly brain cancer in humans-that closely resembles the development and progression of human brain tumors that arise naturally.

Family history of brain tumors raises brain cancer risk
People with a family history of cancerous brain tumors appear to be at higher risk of developing the same kind of tumors compared to people with no such family history, according to a study published in the September 23, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Vitamin C injections slow tumor growth
High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report in the August 5, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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