News tagged with recurrent glioblastoma
Biomarkers predict brain tumor's response to therapy
A report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma, or brain tumors, who would respon ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Personlized dendritic cell vaccine increases survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
A dendritic cell vaccine personalized for each individual based on the patient's own tumor may increase median survival time in those with a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, an early phase study at UCLA's ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Targeted ovarian cancer therapy not cost-effective: study
An analysis conducted by Ohio State University cancer researchers has found that adding the targeted therapy bevacizumab to the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer is not cost effective.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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TTF and chemotherapy increase survival for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Novocure reported today that patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) achieved a significant increase in survival time when tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy was added to chemotherapy, as compared to previously ...
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Double-therapy approach effectively inhibited brain cancer recurrence
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School have identified a novel approach of combining chemotherapy with a targeted therapy to decrease the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and ...
Aug 24, 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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FDA approves first human neural stem cell clinical trial to treat brain tumors
City of Hope researchers received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct the first-in-human study of a neural stem cell-based therapy targeting recurrent high-grade gliomas, the most aggressive ...
Jun 08, 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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UCSF Turns to Targeted Treatments to Boost Brain Tumor Survival in Children
Targeted therapies tailored to the unique biology of brain tumors may offer renewed hope to children diagnosed with the number one cause of cancer death, according to faculty at UCSF Children’s Hospital.
May 19, 2010 |
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DCA research on brain cancer
Medical Researchers at the University of Alberta reported today evidence that the orphan generic drug Dichloroacetate (DCA) may hold promise as potential therapy for perhaps the deadliest of all human cancers: a form of brain ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Targeted agent blocked growth of deadly brain cancer in preclinical studies
A drug already in clinical trials to treat a variety of tumors shows a remarkable ability to shut down growth of glioblastoma in both laboratory cells and in animals, say researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive ...
Mar 30, 2010 |
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