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Brain cancer may be rare, but glioblastoma (also known as glioblastoma multiforme or GBM) accounts for around 15 percent of brain tumors. The aggressive cancer is well known within the medical field due to being one of the most dangerous cancers around. Now, scientists may better understand why GBM is…

Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 All of the newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme patients enrolled in a Phase 1 clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have exceeded both their median and expected progression-free survivals. Two patients, to date, have exceeded their expected overall survival. Glioblastoma multiforme…

Enrollment in clinical trials failed to overcome factors leading to worse survival for Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma, a large retrospective analysis showed. The Hispanic subgroup had a 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of 47% as compared with over 60% for whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. A similar disparity was seen…

Kidscan are working together with North West Cancer Research to jointly fund a three-year PhD grant for a scientist working in the area of childhood cancer whose research focuses on Medulloblastoma, or who can illustrate how their work could also be relevant to Medulloblastoma. Alastair Richards, CEO of North West…

This Brain Cancer Awareness Month (May), a handful of the brightest and best minds in brain cancer research will meet all around the US to discuss advances in treatment protocols for glioblastoma (GBM) Press Release - May 16, 2022 06:00 EDT LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2022 (Newswire.com) - This Brain…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devasting forms of brain cancer in adults—Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). In a peer-reviewed study published by BMC Cancer, scientists from the University of Surrey show…

Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer that can go into remission on its own. Now, researchers have identified a possible reason why and used the underlying mechanism to treat tumours in mice Health 28 April 2022 By Grace Wade Colour-stained neuroblastoma cells under a microscope Shutterstock/Vshivkov Certain types of neuroblastoma, a…

A high-school student who experienced nausea was later diagnosed with an aggressive and deadly brain tumor. The boy, who has only been identified by his first name, Tom, was told by doctors that he had glioblastoma multiforme (GMB) when he was just 13 years old, the Liverpool Echo reported. Glioblastoma…

Tiny capsule that delivers CRISPR gene therapy to the brain could be used to target glioblastoma tumours Health 20 April 2022 By Grace Wade Glioblastoma brain cancer cells under microscope Shutterstock/Anna Durinikova A nanocapsule that delivers the gene-editing tool CRISPR to the brain could be used to treat one of…

Wendy Rieger, longtime anchor and reporter for NBC 4 Washington, died Saturday morning after a battle with brain cancer, the news station reported. She was 65. Last July, Rieger announced that she underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor, and was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with Glioblastoma. Several months…