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What to know about meningioma and glioblastoma brain tumors

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A diagnosis of a brain tumor can be frightening. Of the more than 100 types of brain tumors, meningioma and glioblastoma are two of the most common. Dr. Wendy Sherman, a Mayo Clinic neuro-oncologist, explains the differences in these brain tumors and why research is crucial…
bubmag
August 15, 2023
Blastoma

Precision brain cancer removal with the body’s invisible scalpel

Brain cancer is a severe health issue where abnormal cells grow in the brain. Traditional surgery can be risky, but scientists are exploring a new method that uses something like an “invisible scalpel” to remove brain cancer. Glioblastoma is a fast-growing and dangerous brain cancer that spreads quickly and harms…
bubmag
August 14, 2023
Blastoma

Using the body’s ‘invisible scalpel’ to remove brain cancer

Glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, grows rapidly to invade and destroy healthy brain tissue. The tumor sends out cancerous tendrils into the brain that make surgical tumor removal extremely difficult or impossible. Now, Salk scientists have found the immunotherapy treatment anti-CTLA-4 leads to considerably greater…
bubmag
August 11, 2023
Blastoma

‘Jaws 2’ actor passes away following long health battle

Author of the article: Published Aug 02, 2023  •  2 minute read Marc Gilpin, Roy Scheider, and Lorraine Gary in Jaws 2 Photo by Getty /Bang Showbiz ‘Jaws 2’ actor Marc Gilpin has died at the age of 56. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article…
bubmag
August 3, 2023
Blastoma

Marc Gilpin, Young Actor on ‘Jaws 2,’ Dies at 56

Marc Gilpin, who played the younger son of Roy Scheider’s Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws 2, has died. He was 56. Gilpin died Saturday in Dallas after a long battle with glioblastoma, his older sister, Frasier actress Peri Gilpin, announced. After answering a casting call, Gilpin beat out hundreds…
bubmag
August 2, 2023
Blastoma

Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma?

Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of…
bubmag
July 22, 2023