News tagged with glioblastoma multiforme
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'Oncometabolite' linked with widespread alterations in gene expression
A new study finds that a metabolite commonly elevated in brain cancer and leukemia may promote tumorigenesis by altering the expression of a large number of genes. New research, published by Cell Press in ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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A lethal brain tumor's strength may be a weakness as well
Malignant gliomas are the most common subtype of primary brain tumor - and one of the deadliest. Even as doctors make steady progress treating other types of solid tumor cancers, from breast to prostate, the most aggressive ...
Aug 14, 2010 |
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Does the existing standard of care supply energy sources to brain tumor cells?
The medical standard of care - comprised of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy - for the most common form of brain cancer triggers a number of biological responses that may actually feed the energy metabolism that supports ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Clinical Trial to Treat Brain Tumors with Electric Fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Illinois at Chicago is taking part in an international, multi-center study for patients newly diagnosed with the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Cancer stem cells suppress immune response against brain tumor
Cancer-initiating cells that launch glioblastoma multiforme, the most lethal type of brain tumor, also suppress an immune system attack on the disease, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Researchers find possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have found a way to stop the often-rapid spread of deadly brain tumors.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a compound that could be modified to treat one of the most deadly types of cancer, and discovered how a particular gene mutation ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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