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A Brain Tumor is the growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).

Research delves deeply into genomics of glioblastoma multiforme cases to better target disease

When The Cancer Genome Atlas launched its massively collaborative approach to organ-by-organ genomic analysis of cancers, the brain had both the benefit, and the challenge, of going first.

11 Oct 2013

A window to the brain: an interview with Professor Guillermo Aguilar, UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE)

It is literally a transparent window made of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), which we envision to become a suitable cranial implant that allows physicians for optical access to the tissue brain. It would serve the same mechanical function of current cranial implants made of other materials, such as titanium, except that it would enable optical access too, which could be very beneficial for post-operatory diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

8 Oct 2013

Targeting cell-division cycle may lead to improved outcomes for patients with medulloblastoma

A new experimental approach to treating a type of brain cancer called medulloblastoma has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham).

26 Sep 2013

Proton radiotherapy proves to be cost-effective in treating pediatric brain tumors

Proton therapy, an external beam radiotherapy in which protons deliver precise radiation doses to a tumor and spare healthy organs and tissues, is cost-effective in treating medulloblastomas, fast-growing brain tumors that mainly affect children, when compared to standard photon radiation therapy, according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 55th Annual Meeting.

24 Sep 2013

Protecting stem cells around hippocampus in brain reduces rate of memory loss in cancer patients

Protecting the stem cells that reside in and around the hippocampus - a C-shaped area in the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain associated with the ability to form and store memories - substantially reduces the rate of cancer patients' memory loss during whole-brain radiotherapy without a significant risk of recurrence in that area of the brain, a new study shows.

24 Sep 2013

Researchers discover drug that halts growth of brain tumor cells

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that weeks of treatment with a repurposed FDA-approved drug halted the growth of - and ultimately left no detectable trace of - brain tumor cells taken from adult human patients.

24 Sep 2013

New cellular switch could eventually inhibit growth of aggressive malignant brain tumor

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a cellular switch that potentially can be turned off and on to slow down, and eventually inhibit the growth of the most commonly diagnosed and aggressive malignant brain tumor.

21 Sep 2013

Nanodiamonds deliver chemotherapy directly into brain tumors

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative drug-delivery system in which tiny particles called nanodiamonds are used to carry chemotherapy drugs directly into brain tumors.

13 Sep 2013

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells may have targeting capacity for glioma

Glioblastoma is the most common ma-lignant primary brain tumor in adults. The aggressive growth manner, characterized by marked angiogenesis and extensive tumor cell invasion into normal brain parenchyma with frequent formation of tumor microsatellites at distal sites, makes eradication impossible even after extensive microsurgical resection combined with current standard chemoradiation and adjuvant temozolomide.

11 Sep 2013

New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new drug delivery system using nanodiamonds (NDs) that allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors with fewer harmful side effects and better cancer-killing efficiency than existing treatments.

10 Sep 2013

BMP linked to increased risk of benign tumors, not cancers

Patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery with bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) appear to be at increased risk of benign tumors—but not cancers, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

7 Sep 2013

Scientists develop robotic systems for image-guided removal of hard-to-reach brain tumors

NIBIB-funded scientists and engineers are teaming up with neurosurgeons to develop technologies that enable less invasive, image-guided removal of hard-to-reach brain tumors.

6 Sep 2013

New laser-based tool could improve accuracy of brain tumor surgery

In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon -- a new imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish -- at a microscopic level -- between brain tissue and tumors.

5 Sep 2013

New laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery more accurate

A new laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery much more accurate, allowing surgeons to tell cancer tissue from normal brain at the microscopic level while they are operating, and avoid leaving behind cells that could spawn a new tumor.

5 Sep 2013

Protein activated by inflammation converts glioblastoma multiforme cells to most aggressive form

A prominent protein activated by inflammation is the key instigator that converts glioblastoma multiforme cells to their most aggressive, untreatable form and promotes resistance to radiation therapy, an international team lead by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported online today in the journal Cancer Cell.

30 Aug 2013

Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas — the most common form of brain tumor — suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy.

28 Aug 2013

Researchers find specific protein in nearly all high-grade meningiomas

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas -- the most common form of brain tumor -- suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy.

28 Aug 2013

Microscopic material in cells offers robust treatment for stroke

In the latest in a series of experiments testing the use of stem cells to treat neurological disease, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have shown for the first time that microscopic material in the cells offers a "robust" treatment for crippling stroke.

27 Aug 2013

Scanning technique reveals how brain tumor responds to drug administered

A new scanning technique developed by Danish and US researchers reveals how susceptible patients with aggressive brain cancer are to the drugs they receive. The research behind the ground-breaking technique has just been published in Nature Medicine.

26 Aug 2013

New data analyzing technique via MR imaging identify tumors' response to anti-angiogenesis therapy

A new way of analyzing data acquired in MR imaging appears to be able to identify whether or not tumors are responding to anti-angiogenesis therapy, information that can help physicians determine the most appropriate treatments and discontinue ones that are ineffective.

20 Aug 2013

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Research delves deeply into genomics of glioblastoma multiforme cases to better target disease

A window to the brain: an interview with Professor Guillermo Aguilar, UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE)

Targeting cell-division cycle may lead to improved outcomes for patients with medulloblastoma

Proton radiotherapy proves to be cost-effective in treating pediatric brain tumors

Protecting stem cells around hippocampus in brain reduces rate of memory loss in cancer patients

Researchers discover drug that halts growth of brain tumor cells

New cellular switch could eventually inhibit growth of aggressive malignant brain tumor

Nanodiamonds deliver chemotherapy directly into brain tumors

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells may have targeting capacity for glioma

New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

BMP linked to increased risk of benign tumors, not cancers

Scientists develop robotic systems for image-guided removal of hard-to-reach brain tumors

New laser-based tool could improve accuracy of brain tumor surgery

New laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery more accurate

Protein activated by inflammation converts glioblastoma multiforme cells to most aggressive form

Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

Researchers find specific protein in nearly all high-grade meningiomas

Microscopic material in cells offers robust treatment for stroke

Scanning technique reveals how brain tumor responds to drug administered

New data analyzing technique via MR imaging identify tumors' response to anti-angiogenesis therapy

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