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Astrocytoma

Astrocytoma

Astrocytomas are primary brain tumors and the most common type of glial tumors. There are many varieties of astrocytomas, and it is seen in all age groups.
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Man Stays wide awake during Brain Tumor Surgery

Man Stays wide awake during Brain Tumor Surgery

A 28-year-old man was diagnosed with a brain tumor that was in the size of a Cadbury's Creme Egg. He was kept awake throughout the surgery, while it was being removed by surgeons. Matt ...

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Biomarker Panel Could Help Predict Brain Cancer Recurrence

Biomarker Panel Could Help Predict Brain Cancer Recurrence

Biomarker panel could help assess level of glioma, (a type of brain cancer) recurrence risk, reveals study published in Cell Reports. According to principal investigator Houtan Noushm...

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New Treatments for a Common Pediatric Brain Tumor

New Treatments for a Common Pediatric Brain Tumor

New study details the mechanisms underlying development of a common pediatric brain tumor called medulloblastoma. These findings could lead to new treatments for the condition. Medullobla...

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AI can Predict Survival of Patients with Brain Tumors

AI can Predict Survival of Patients with Brain Tumors

A new research by scientists at Emory and Northwestern Universities found out that artificial intelligence (AI) software can foresee the survival of patients diagnosed with glioma (a deadly ...

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Brain Cancer Cells may Be Killed With Genetically Modified Cells

Brain Cancer Cells may Be Killed With Genetically Modified Cells

Genetically modified immune cells that can kill cancer cells have been developed by a research team at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The research team states that these ...

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How Can Brain Cancer Patients Benefit from CAR-T Immunotherapy?

How Can Brain Cancer Patients Benefit from CAR-T Immunotherapy?

New CAR-T cell Immunotherapy currently used for the treatment of blood cancers can now be used to treat hard-to-treat solid tumors such as brain cancer, finds a new study. The findings of th...

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Co-expression of 22 Genes Associated With an Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer

Co-expression of 22 Genes Associated With an Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer

Undergrad uncovers 22 specific genes that are co-expressed in glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain cancer. The study is published in the journal Oncotarget . When Leland Dunw...

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After Success in Adults, PD-1 Inhibitors Now to Treat Pediatric Brain Cancer

After Success in Adults, PD-1 Inhibitors Now to Treat Pediatric Brain Cancer

PD-1 inhibitors have proven useful and revolutionized the treatment of common adult cancers ranging from melanoma, to lung cancer, to kidney cancer and more. Now PD-1 inhibitors are enterin...

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HET0016 inhibitor may Help Control the Growth of Brain Tumors

HET0016 inhibitor may Help Control the Growth of Brain Tumors

HET0016 inhibitor may help in blocking the production of a chemical that promotes brain and breast cancer growth finds a new study. The chemical that is being blocked is called 20-HETE. The ...

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Aggressive Brain Tumor Patterns Offer New Insight on Survival

Aggressive Brain Tumor Patterns Offer New Insight on Survival

A diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an aggressive brain tumor located in the base of the brain. The prognosis for all children diagnosed with DIPG and similar tumors has been mostly...

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Novel Approach Helps Treat Brain Tumor

Novel Approach Helps Treat Brain Tumor

Gene fusion in glioblastoma tumors can increase mitochondrial activity and promote tumor growth. However, developing a combination treatment that targets the gene fusion protein can slow can...

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New Weakness Identified in Childhood Brain Tumor

New Weakness Identified in Childhood Brain Tumor

A new weakness has been found in aggressive medulloblastoma that can lead to more efficient and targeted drugs and improve treatment in some cancer patients, reveals a new study. Medull...

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New Hope for Children With Highly Aggressive Brain Tumors

New Hope for Children With Highly Aggressive Brain Tumors

A promising target for children with highly aggressive brain tumors such as atypical teratoid and rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) and medulloblastoma can help treat brain tumors, reveals a new study....

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New Hope for Children With Aggressive Brain Tumors

New Hope for Children With Aggressive Brain Tumors

Children with highly aggressive brain tumors like atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) and medulloblastoma may find new hope in a study published in Oncotarget . The research team hav...

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Misregulated Protein Plays a Key Role in Leukemia, Brain Cancer

Misregulated Protein Plays a Key Role in Leukemia, Brain Cancer

New molecular causes of brain cancer and leukemia have been revealed by new research. An enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of specific amino acids in food plays a key role in the ...

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