All Articles Tagged As: brain tumors

Childhood brain tumor traced to normal stem cells gone bad (8/12/2008)

An aggressive childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain "stem" cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene ...> Full Article

Vaccine May Double Survival in Patients with Deadly Brain Tumors (6/4/2008)

A vaccine aimed at inducing immunity to the most common and deadly type of brain tumor may stave off recurrence and more than double survival in patients ...> Full Article

Too many gene copies stimulate tumor cell growth (4/11/2008)

New data has characterized a molecular pathway underlying low-grade forms of a type of brain tumor known as an astrocytoma ...> Full Article

New regulatory circuit identified for aggressive, malignant brain tumor (4/10/2008)

Research using a newly developed algorithm has significantly advanced understanding of the molecular events associated with the most common primary brain tumor in adults, human glioblastoma ...> Full Article

Human breast tumors' 'microenvironment' primes them for metastasis (4/7/2008)

The environment within primary breast tumors can 'empower' cells that break free and enter the bloodstream to successfully invade other organs ...> Full Article

New insight into the genetics of brain tumor formation (3/20/2008)

Researchers identify a potential new neuronal tumor suppressor ...> Full Article

Lab Engineers Virus That Can Kill Deadly Brain Tumors (2/23/2008)

A laboratory-engineered virus that can find its way through the vascular system and kill deadly brain tumors has been developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers, it was reported this week in the Journal of Neuroscience. ...> Full Article

New Brain Tumor Treatments Offer Hope (2/2/2008)

In 2008, approximately 215,000 Americans will be diagnosed with one of more than 100 types of brain tumors. Patients who receive such a diagnosis should remain hopeful, however, as treatment options at the nation's leading brain tumor centers have never been better, according to Philip Theodosopoulos, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery and director of the division of skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC). ...> Full Article