News tagged with brain tumours

Mobile phones 'don't cause cancer': yet another study

Scientific evidence goes increasingly against the theory that mobile phones cause cancer, a new study has concluded.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Epileptic seizures linked to significant risk of subsequent brain tumor

Epileptic seizures can precede the development of a subsequent brain tumour by many years, suggests research published online in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Life work culminates in testing of cancer therapy in humans

A cancer-fighting antibody identified by a researcher working at The University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) will today be used to treat the first patient, in a Phase 1 clinical trial.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Which side of the brain rotates a mental picture?

Consider the simple situation in which you are walking around the kitchen and decide to pick up your own cup of tea, which is identical to others lying on the table. Your brain chooses the correct cup of tea by using different ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Malignant brain tumors: Benefit of PET and PET/CT in the detection of recurrences is not assessable

Malignant gliomas are fast-growing brain tumours with poor prospects of recovery depending on disease stage. Experts hope that the examination of patients by means of positron emission tomography (PET) is more helpful in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Defective cell surface 'glue' is key to tumor invasion

A remarkable discovery into how tumour cells invade normal tissue should lead to vital diagnostic tools and help develop strategies to stop the spread of cancer cells. A new study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny Trojan horses attack brain cancer cells

Scientists in Germany have developed a way of smuggling an anti-cancer drug past the protective blood-brain barrier and into brain tumours and metastases using a nanocarrier – a tiny capsule specially designed to pass ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shining Light on Brain Tumours

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that 2600 new cases of brain cancer will be diagnosed in 2010. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and malignant form of brain cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New test will revolutionise the treatment of childhood cancer

A test which will revolutionise the approach to tackling childhood cancer and improve the quality of life for hundreds of sufferers, has been given approval to be introduced across Europe.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U of T discovery may help children with brain cancer avoid radiation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have identified a genetic mutation that plays a major role in the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study sheds light on role of stem cells in children's brain tumor

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London shows how the most common type of children's brain cancer can arise from stem cells.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery opens door to new treatments for prostate, brain and skin cancers

Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University in Montreal have discovered a previously unsuspected link between two different genetic pathways which suppress ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disease-matching software could save children

(PhysOrg.com) -- By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Software for solving life-threatening medical puzzles

(PhysOrg.com) -- New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively.

Technology / Software

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whole-brain radiotherapy after surgery or radiosurgery not recommended for brain metastases

Berlin, Germany: Whole-brain radiotherapy should not be given routinely to all patients whose cancer has spread to the brain, say researchers who found that using it after surgery or radiosurgery in patients with a limited ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0